Mansion House is one of the finest residences in Dublin and is worth a visit on your tours of Ireland. It was constructed between the years 1705 and 1710 for Sir Joshua Dawson , from whom the street where the house is situated gets its name. But...
In July 1588 the Spanish Armada set sail from La Coruna. It was a fleet of 65 galleons , 25 ships with stores , and 30 smaller vessells. There were 30,000 men aboard the ships !!! There plan was to sail to Flanders and from there support...
The Comeragh Mountains sit at 800 metres high and should be seen on any Ireland tours. They are another example of the varied landscape in Ireland. In the mountains there are several remote places which are said to have served as hideouts for a famous outlaw...
This is a cone shaped mountain in County Wicklow which is well worth seeing on any Ireland tours. It is without doubt a hidden gem. It is 504 metres tall and easily climbed to about three quaters of the way up. The last part is a...
Golf is one of Ireland's most popular sports. When Ulster was planned in 1606, a certain Viscount Montgomery, with ancestral home in Ayrshire, Scotland, acquired a large portion of the Ards Peninsula in County Down. He built a school at Newtown where the scholars had...
An ancient royal site on the plains of County Roscommon in Ireland. Many prehistoric and early medieval earthen monuments (mounds and raths) were found here. According to legend , Rathcroghan was the seat of King Ailill and Queen Maeve of Connacht , whose pillow talk led to...
Ross Castle is the ancestral home of the O'Donoghue clan though it is better known for its association with the Brownes of Killarney who owned it until recently. It is located on the edge of Lough Leane, in Killarney National Park ,County Kerry , Ireland. This...
The Albert Clock was constructed between 1865 and 1870 as a memorial to Queen Victoria's late Prince Consort - Prince Albert. You will see it clearly on any Belfast tours. It stands 113 feet tall with a statue of the Prince in robes of a Knight...
On our tours of Belfast we advise a call at the Titanic Dry Dock. When you look into this vast chasm it gives you a real feel of the scale of the Titanic. Bearing in mind it was 1902 in Belfast shipyard , it is truly...
Dont miss this Causeway as it was formed 60 Million years ago as a result of volcanic eruptions and is a must see attraction on any Ireland tours !!!! The lava cooled and hardened, it formed layers of basalt rock to become the Giant’s Causeway. You...