Category Archives: Activities in ireland

LA Times feature on the spectacular West Cork region

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Seamus O'Murchu

The West Cork region is known for boasting some of Ireland’s most stunningly beautiful, scenic and rugged coastline. The area attracts many people taking a vacation in Ireland due to the fantastic whale watching and sea kayaking and coastal walking … Continue reading →

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Magical memories await at the Kilkenny Arts Festival

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Seamus O'Murchu

The Kilkenny Arts Festival – Ireland’s oldest multidisciplinary arts festivals returns between the 7th and 16th August 2015. Continue reading →

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West Cork Literary Festival

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Seamus O'Murchu

A range of international talent is set to descend upon the scenic West Cork region of Ireland this July with the return of the now world-famous West Cork Literary Festival. The town of Bantry is set to come alive with … Continue reading →

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Guinness Storehouse ranked one of Europe’s top tourist attractions

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Seamus O'Murchu

The Guinness Storehouse has become Ireland’s first tourist attraction to be shortlisted in the ‘Europe’s leading tourist attraction’ category in the World Travel Awards. Continue reading →

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Irish Redhead Convention 2015

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Seamus O'Murchu

The popular Red Head Convention is set to take place from the 21st until the 23rd August in the sailing village of Crosshaven just 25 kilometres from Cork City. The festival started out as a joke by siblings Joleen & … Continue reading →

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Tourism Ireland to promote two Irish Arts Festival’s with online films

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Seamus O'Murchu

Two of Ireland’s most popular festivals, the Galway International Arts Festival and Kilkenny Arts Festival, will be promoted with the help of new online films produced by Tourism Ireland. Continue reading →

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Tolkien’s Middle Earth comes to County Clare

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Seamus O'Murchu

The Burren Tolkien Festival celebrates the unique beauty of the Burren in County Clare and its influence on the great novelist JRR Tolkien between 26th June & 3rd July 2015. Continue reading →

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Dublin to host American College Football game in 2016

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Seamus O'Murchu

The Aer Lingus College Football Classic will see Boston College take on Georgia Tech at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, 3rd September, 2016. Continue reading →

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Ireland is now one of the world’s tourism hotspots for Whale Watching

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Seamus O'Murchu

Ireland is set to become one of the biggest whale-watching tourism hotpots in the world thanks to the approximate 100 whales which are spotted off Irish waters every year. The mammals are in fact drawing many visitors from across the … Continue reading →

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World dance artists and choreographers to converge on Dublin

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Seamus O'Murchu

As the leading dance event on the Irish cultural calender, the Dublin Dance Festival returns to the nations capital from the 19th to 30th May 2015. Continue reading →

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