Starngford Lough is in County Down and you can travel around the lough and across on a quaint ferry to take in the likes of Castleward House and Saint Patricks grave on Ireland tours. Definitely not so much your hidden gems as jam packed with must...
County Tyrone is peppered with archaelogical remains worth seeing on any Ireland tours. There are more than a thousand standing stones in the Sperrins alone and the county as a whole has numerous chambered graves. The Lough Macrory area is particularly rich in dolmens and megaliths ,...
The historic village of Hillsborough , merits a visit on any Ireland tours , maybe more of a must see attraction than a hidden gem. Its main street has a chintzy , middle English ambience re-inforced by a sprinkling of tea rooms and Antique shops. There...
Helen's Bay is in County Down , and a great little hidden gem on Ireland tours. Just down the bay itself , a walking path leads east to Grey Point Fort , positioned to command the mouth of Belfast Lough , along with its sister fort...
Great names and real hidden gems on any Ireland tours that take you to Fermanagh and Enniskillen. Monea Castle is a particularly fine example of a Planters castle , built around 1618. It is a the end of a beautiful tree lined lane and bears the...
Beyond Cushendall , on the North coast of Ireland , a cliff top path leads to the tours of Layde Old Church. This is a real hidden gem on Ireland tours. The chuch is the chief burial place of the MacDonnells , which originally dates from the...
The sight worth stopping for in the village of Collooney , on any Ireland tours , is the Teeling Monument at the Northern entrance to the village, built to commemorate Bartholomew Teeling , hero of the Battle of Carricknagat. The battle was fought nearby during the...
To the east of the town of Cardonagh in County Donegal is a group of historical remains worth seeing on any Ireland tours...
Mellifont was , in medieval times, one of the most important monasteries in Ireland , the motherhouse of the Cistercian order and building of exceptional beauty and grandeur. The ruins you see today do no justice to this former glory, but they're still pretty impressive....
Tiny Sherkin island in Cork is a real hidden gem on tours of Ireland. It is a delightfully pretty place and the considerable remains of a fifteenth century Franciscan friary nestle down by the quayside. Little Fuchsia spattered lanes lead across the island to fine sandy beaches...