Aughnanure Castle is a real hidden gem and one of my favorite castles in Ireland. Check it out on any Ireland tours. It is one of well over 200 tower houses in County Galway built by large, wealthy , land owning families , mainly of Gaelic...
Bunratty Castle is included in many Ireland tours but it has a rich history worth reading about. The site on which Bunratty Castle stands was a Viking trade camp in 970. The present structure is the last of four castles to be built on the site. Robert De...
Tours of Ireland need to include Blarney Castle. Blarney Castle was built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland’s greatest chieftains, Cormac MacCarthy, and has been attracting attention beyond Munster ever since. Over the last few hundred years, millions have flocked to Blarney, making...
It overlooks Belfast and you will notice it on any Ireland tours. The first 'Belfast Castle' was built by the Normans in the late 12th century. On the same site a stone and timber castle was erected in 1611. The home of Sir Arthur Chichester, barron...
The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange was built about 3200 BC and is a must see attraction on any Ireland tours. The kidney shaped mound covers an area of over one acre and is surrounded by 97 kerbstones , some of which are richly decorated with...
One of the lesser known, though widely referenced “mysteries” of Ireland are the so-called “Irish round towers” which you will see on Ireland tours. Indeed, they are known as “Irish”, for they are believed to be an almost exclusively Irish phenomenon: there are approx seventy still...
Galway City is worth a visit on any Ireland tours and actually has its own “Latin Quarter” and “Left Bank” , rather like the most famous ones in Paris. This is the High Street , Church Lane and Quay Street area in the oldest part of...
If your tours of Ireland bring you to Dublin then try this !!...
Any tours of Ireland that take you to Cork use them to visit the English Market. It is one of the oldest markets of its kind. Trading as a market since 1788, it pre-dates most of the other markets like it. Indeed, Barcelona's famous Boqueria...