Category Archives: Activities in ireland

Increase in visitors to Ireland in first six months of 2015

Latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Ireland is heading for it’s best ever year of tourism due to the massive increase in the number of visitors taking a vacation in Ireland during the first six months of … Continue reading

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Dublin Horse Show

One of Ireland’s biggest annual sporting and social events returns to Dublin when the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show takes place from 5th – 9th August. Continue reading

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Top 10 things in Dublin for tourists that like to go off the beaten track

The popular capital city of Dublin has received great reviews in an feature by Claire Money in the Irish Independent titled “10 off the beaten track things tourists will love about Dublin”. 

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LA Times feature on the spectacular West Cork region

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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