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When on a tour of Ireland please note that Phoenix Park remains both a part of and apart from the capital city of Dublin. Lands were leased to Sir Edward Fisher who in 1611 built a country residence on St Thomas’ Hill, later the Magazine Hill....

07 February, 2010 /

When on a tour of Ireland Dublin is simply unmissable. Ireland Luxury Tours seven day tour allows you a few days to explore Dublin. Many visitors to Dublin today are lured by the action in the very recently developed Temple Bar area, on the south side...

06 February, 2010 /

We have just discovered a fault with our email system and the fact that some enquiries may not have reached us. This has now been resolved and we are tring to retrieve any enquiries that have been affected this way. I would like to apologise unreservedly to...

05 February, 2010 /

Thirteen kilometres south of Navan is one of Ireland's most famous antiquities, the Hill of Tara.  This shows evidence of occupation from many different periods, and was the symbolic seat of the High Kings until the 11th century.  Its history is steeped in legends, but...

04 February, 2010 /

A tour round this remote, Irish-speaking westerly extremity offers many things: superb coastal scenery with peaceful beaches and scattered islands; grand mountains and lush, fuchsia-splashed countryside; a rich assortment of antiquities; and a lively music scene and excellent seafood restaurants based on the charming fishing...

04 February, 2010 /

Sligo is one of the largest towns in the Northwest, a lively market town and centre for music, pubs and eating places designed more for its own 18,000 inhabitants than for tourists.  Colourful houses stand alongside the River Garavogue, and the town still has many...

03 February, 2010 /

Armagh has often been the scene of battle: County Armagh is predominantly Catholic, especially in the south, but the city itself is a Protestant stronghold.  The two rival cathedrals, both dedicated to St Patrick, scowl at each other from two of Armagh's seven small hills. ...

03 February, 2010 /

I had the pleasure of taking two very amiable clients on a trip up the North Coast on Monday 1st February 2010. We left their hotel at 10.00 a.m. and travelled out of Belfast and through Carrickfergus. We talked about the magnificent castle but did not...

02 February, 2010 /