By Giorgio Galeotti - Own work, CC BY 4.0, Link On any tours of Ireland, you will think about the East coast. The likes of Wicklow and Wexford are worth seeing but often you have limited time. Waterford was once very popular for the crystal factory alone. But now...
This is the finest medieval city in Ireland. You should not miss the opportunity to visit Kilkenny on any Ireland tours. It stands high over the River Nore and its winding passages and lanes are a pleasure to explore. The Elizabethan architecture make it one of the most attractive towns in...
Inistioge (“Teoc’s or Tighe’s Island”) is a most pleasant example of the little Irish village with church, cross, spirit-grocery, petrol-pump grouped round a quiet shadowy square. Time stands still, and the children under the lime-trees wait happily for the bus that has forgotten to come....
Kilkenny Arts Festival is Ireland's oldest multidisciplinary arts festival programming classical music, music, theatre & dance, street, literature, visual art, craft & family events to an audience of over 45,000. The Kilkenny Arts Festival is committed to the presentation of a unique, distinctive and inspiring...
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny Before the Normans came in the 12th century, Kilkenny’s houses clung to the 6th century monastery of St Canice and the settlement was the capital of Ossory, a sub-Kingdom of Leinster. But the strategic possibilities of the hilltop site where quickly grasped by...
On day two of the tour we took the short drive from Kilkenny to Waterford via Mount Juliet Golf Club , a must see attraction for any golfers on tours of Ireland. We booked our clients into the quaint Waterford Marina Hotel and then booked the...
On day one of our tour we drove from Dublin airport to the wonderful Hotel Kilkenny. After a drive around the town the clients enjoyed dinner at the fantastic Ristorante Rinuccini , just opposite Kilkenny castle , then enjoyed a pint of Guinness in a...
We have decided to do a live blog on one of our Ireland tours as it happens...
If you visit Kilkenny on your tours of Ireland you cannot miss the castle. Its an imposing building standing high and square over the river that really defines Kilkenny. Dating originally from the 12th century , it was much added to in the 17th century and 19th...
County Kilkenny is in south east Ireland , and if you are planning tours of Ireland to take in the south east , it offers the finest of the countryside in that area of Ireland. Mostly it is intensely pretty , rich farmland. Especially to the...