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We love our stories in Ireland, it used to be a trade, a Seanachaí or storyteller would go from village to village telling stories. Today, we have Netflix 😔 In the north coast of Mayo, in a remote corner that not enough people visit, is a tall sea stack, standing on
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Don't stay in Dublin when you land in Ireland. Instead, drive just one hour and spend your first night in a castle in the beautiful Irish countryside! I think it's a much better way to start your trip. Cities are stressful, even more so when you&
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Why Glendalough Is The Easiest (and maybe best) Day Tour From Dublin You can leave Trinity College and be in the Wicklow mountains 45 minutes later. You're not spending hours on a coach on a motorway. This makes it the easiest day trip from Dublin. It's
Where to Stay in Dublin By A Local I'm a Dubliner and I live in Dublin, so I don't stay in hotels here. But I'm in them all the time meeting guests & clients. I notice the things guests care about: noise levels, quality,
Kilkenny is Ireland's medieval city with a beautifully restored castle, eleven ancient churches and small alleys full of pubs & restaurants. And it is just 90 minutes from Dublin so it's a good first or last stop on your tour around Ireland. Here's how
Dublin By A Local I just Googled “What to do in Dublin,” and the guides online are as dismal as our winter weather. Written by influencers who once spent a day in the same crowded tourist spots as everyone else. I'm a Dublin tour guide. I walk the
I Didn't Want To Write About Car Rental In Ireland I've put off writing this post because car rental is painful. Simple as that. But I answer a lot of questions in Irish travel Facebook groups, and rental cars & insurance is the question that comes
Perfect for when you've landed & your hotel room isn't ready This is why I created the Jetlag Tour. I've flown from the US to Ireland more than 100 times myself and I know exactly what it's like to have to kill
Kerry: Ireland’s Most Beautiful County Kerry is home to Dingle, Killarney, The Ring Of Kerry, Slea Head Drive. I don't think that I've seen an Irish itinerary without them on it. Kerry is the kind of place that makes you pull over every ten minutes
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Six Better Places to Drink Than Temple Bar What Is Temple Bar Anyway? It's the Times Square of Dublin with bars full of tourists paying extortionate prices to hear worn-out musicians singing Galway Girl for the 10th time today. Dubliners never go to Temple Bar. Ever. Is
Castletownshend in Cork Imagine driving down a hill so steep that you wonder how the horses pulled carts up it. And at the end of this hill is a beautiful little harbour. And overlooking this waterfront setting is the castle where you'll spend the night. And there'
One million people a year visit the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. It's one of only four UNESCO World Heritage sites on our island and is the most accessible one, which means crowds. The Giant's Causeway is worthy of the UNESCO honour, but hordes
Dublin Airport have knocked it out of the park with their new Phoenix Lounge in Terminal 1. T1 is the older terminal in Dublin Airport and often feels like it. The previous, dated & dark T1 lounge was not great at all, so all DUB regulars were excited to hear
The Cliffs of Moher is one of the most visited attractions in Ireland. It's busy, very busy. 1.5 million people come to look at them & you end up with more people than cliffs in your photos. So I went a different way. I walked from Doolin
I just spent a beautiful, sunny day on Inis Oírr in the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. It's an easy day trip to combine with a cruise under the Cliffs of Moher and will be on a lot of visitors itineraries. It can be a
If I asked you how old the oldest distillery in Dublin was, you might have said 1815, but no, it's 2015. That's right, the oldest working distillery in Dublin is 11 years old! You'll learn things like this and taste a lot of excellent
My Review of The Irish Whiskey Museum Verdict: My expectations were low for the Irish Whiskey Museum in Dublin. It's not a distillery after all, but I am happy to report that I did enjoy it. It was a lighthearted, but educational, look at how whiskey came to
Sometimes you do a lot of research on where to stay, agonise over reviews, location and amenities before deciding on your accommodation. It wasn't the case when I had the good fortune to discover Waters Country House. I just needed a place to stay tomorrow and given the
The Cliffs of Moher are a 9 mile long wall of limestone that drop at ninety degrees into the churning Atlantic beneath them. There's no gradual decline here, just sheer flat faces as far as the eye can see. That's what makes these cliffs the most
I see Doolin on every Irish itinerary that gets posted in Irish travel groups. It makes sense, it's the home of the Cliffs of Moher and the port for ferries heading to the Aran Islands. I just spent two days in Doolin, I've been there a
What to see and do in Cork I'm from Dublin. We have a friendly rivalry with Cork, the rebel county who claim to be the Real Capital, but one day, I'm might be a Cork resident. I love it that much. Cork has beauty, the mountains,
