Once again , if you find yourself on tours of Ireland and visiting Dublin , this is a bit of a hidden gem. Perfect to visit on a rainy day. The National Gallery was inaugurated in 1864. It houses the national gallery of Irish art from the...
If on Ireland tours you will find yourself in Dublin. These gardens are a hidden gem in the city. The gardens were founded by the Royal Dublin Society in 1795 to serve the scientific and agricultural communities of Ireland. Doctor Walter Wade who laid out the grounds...
Ireland Luxury Tours have just arranged a fantastic tour of Belfast for twelve V.I.P s as part of our corporate concierge service. They will begin with breakfast at the Europa , then travel up the North coast beyond Belfast. They will visit Dunluce Castle (a real...
Try and see these on tours of Ireland if only for the sheer age of the things. Dolmens are Stone Age megalithic tombs. They consist of between three and seven uprights carrying a capstone weighing up to one hundred tons. A good example is at Browneshill , County...
If you come on any Ireland tours , relegion , and chuches are a huge part of Irish history. In early Irish Christianity , churches were built of wood or occasionally of earth - presumably small boxlike structures with corner beams. But the double church for...
A maritime county in the province of Leinster. Worth seeing on any tours of Ireland. Often refereed to as "the sunny southeast" of Ireland , Wexford (900 square miles) has a population of approx 120,000. Its terrain falls gradually southeastward from the Blackstairs Mountains (2,409 feet) to...
A real hidden gem for any tours of Ireland. Coole Park is an estate near Gort , County Galway. It is associated with the "Irish Literary Revival". It was the home of Lady (Augusta) Gregory , the dramatist , folklorist , and translator. She married Sir William Gregory of...
This is a midland county in the province of Leinster that you may pass through on tours of Ireland. It covers 664 square miles and has a population of around 60,000. It is dominated by an expanse of agricultural land , and the county is bound to...
This is a ninth century Irish manuscript which is worth seeing on any tours of Ireland. It is the most important source for our knowledge of the life and writings of Saint Patrick , whose name you will hear on any Ireland tours. It is the only...
If you are on Ireland tours Galway is a MUST SEE attraction. It is Ireland's second largest county, in the province of Connacht. Extending from the Atlantic to the River Shannon (area of 2,374 square miles) , the county has a population of over 200,000). Galway City ,...