A day out in Cobh – what not to miss
The small waterfront town of Cobh (pronounced Cove), in Co. Cork, might come up in your web searches for a variety of reasons. The town is probably best know for it’s Titanic connection – it was the...
View ArticleDiscovering Schull, West Cork
If your usual choice of getaway includes stunning scenery, quaint towns and seaside charm, then the little town of Schull should definitely be next on your list. For anyone who has never visited this...
View ArticleFive Great Reasons to Visit Belfast
This time two decades ago, the idea of visiting the Northern Irish capital city would have been a very faint one – before the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998, Belfast was hardly on the map as...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland’s Great Outdoors – Go Explore It!
It won’t be long now before people are getting busy planning their trips to Ireland for next year, and I wanted to put together a few suggestions for things to do in Northern Ireland. I’m going to be...
View ArticleAlternative Ways to See Dublin During a Short Break
Dublin is a vibrant city that packs in a lot of culture and history. Therefore it only makes sense to do justice to the city when you are visiting. That means shunning the traditional tourist tips of...
View ArticleCork City Historic Walking Tour
Founded in the 6th century by Saint Fin Barre, Cork has grown from what was originally a monastic settlement, to what is now the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland. Since the early 900′s...
View ArticleGet out, and get active on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
The big buzz last year in Irish tourism was all about The Gathering – the initiative to bring the Irish diaspora back to Ireland to connect with their ancestors, family, heritage and what-not. This...
View ArticleCork’s finest park – Fitzgerald’s Park and Playground
Those of you with kids will love stumbling upon a great family park and playground when you’re out and about with the little ones. Sometimes when you’re away somewhere unfamiliar you just can’t find a...
View ArticlePictures from Clonakilty Railway Village and Inchydoney Beach
See this post for my thoughts on Clonakilty Railway Village and Inchydoney BeachThe post Pictures from Clonakilty Railway Village and Inchydoney Beach appeared first on Got Ireland.
View ArticleThe perfect west Cork day out for Kids – Clonakilty Model Railway Village and...
With the sun shining, and a light breeze blowing, there are not many better places in Cork to spend the day with your family than at the Clonakilty Model Railway Village and Inchydoney Beach. That’s...
View ArticleCamden Fort Meagher photos
This is a supplemental post to the one I just wrote up about Camden Fort Meagher. If you’re intersted in hearing more about my visit there, just click that link.The post Camden Fort Meagher photos...
View ArticleBattle re-enactments and more at Fort Camden, Cork
I had a wonderful day out with the family at Fort Camden just outside the town of Crosshaven in Cork, this past weekend. It was my first visit to this relatively new tourist attraction, but I had heard...
View Article3 Amazing Irish World Heritage Sites — and 3 Equally Amazing Soon-to-Be Sites
Most archaeologists agree that people have lived amongst the Emerald Isle for more than 9,000 years, which means Ireland is absolutely bursting with cultural history valuable to all of humankind....
View ArticleBray Co. Wicklow – the perfect base for your Ireland vacation
More than a decade ago, I left my hometown of Bray to study abroad for a year in Germany. It was a somewhat terrifying prospect for a 19-year-old who had never lived away from home. As it turned out,...
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