Ireland

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in Ireland, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

In Search Of Van Morrison’s Belfast Roots. A fascinating tour of music history.

01/10/2025 by .

Insider Guide To The Boyne Valley, Ireland’s dazzling home to landscapes, monuments and historic castles.

03/06/2025 by .
In his Guide to the Boyne Valley, Rupert Parker explores a Landscape Populated By Incredible Prehistoric Monuments And Dazzling Fairy Tale Castles.

In his Guide to the Boyne Valley, Rupert Parker explores a Landscape Populated By Incredible Prehistoric Monuments And Dazzling Fairy Tale Castles.

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2 Unmissable Belfast Attractions when touring Northern Ireland.

08/09/2024 by .
2 Unmissable Belfast Attractions

The Bakers, our regular motorhome touring family are touring Northern Ireland for their summer holiday and report back on 2 unmissable Belfast attractions. A black taxi tour and a visit to the Titanic Museum.

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Dublin Short Break. Discover the city and the rugged coast.

09/01/2024 by .
Dublin Short Break

Fancy heading for a Dublin short break?  James Ruddy stays at a cool new hotel and enjoys a glorious winter seaside day out in the fair city.

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Insider guide to Waterford, South East Ireland.

05/10/2022 by .
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Isabel Conway enjoys a royal tour of Ireland’s oldest city in her inside guide to Waterford

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Driving Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

03/12/2018 by .

Going back to County Clare. Discover the beauty of the south of Ireland.

04/01/2016 by .
Isabel Conway goes back to County Clare as she takes a nostalgic trip back to her childhood holidays. blackie in the burren

Isabel Conway goes back to County Clare as she takes a nostalgic trip back to her childhood holidays.

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Kilkenny. Friendliest city in the world?

23/09/2015 by .
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Kilkenny, only 90 minutes south of Dublin has been voted one of the friendliest cities in the world. It was also Ireland’s tidiest town in 2014. No wonder. Locals talked to us nonstop about nothing and everything and I never saw a stray ice cream wrapper or a crumpled greasy chip bag during my stay in this beautiful medieval masterpiece along the ‘Ancient East’ route.

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Kinsale. Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

31/05/2015 by .
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The start or end of Ireland’s 2,500 km Wild Atlantic Way –a route tipped as one of the world’s great road trips – is in Kinsale, County Cork, depending on which way you are holding the map.

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Dublin. Never more than twenty paces from a pint and history

24/02/2014 by .
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The Vikings definitely knew a thing or two about travel. They also had pretty good taste when it came to looking for a place to live when they found Dublin. Let’s face it,  if you were going to settle somewhere many miles from home you’d want a few of your creature comforts wouldn’t you.

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