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The well-known Irish ability to wax lyrical on just about any imaginable topic is often attributed to the ‘Blarney’. Our driver/guides at Ireland Luxury Tours are “full of it”. At Blarney Castle, close to the city of Cork, the Blarney Stone is said, if kissed, to impart this loquacity on anyone feeling able to perform the [...]
DAY ONE : Fly into Dublin. Ireland Luxury Tours driver/guide will meet you at airport. Travel to Cork. (approx 3 hour drive). Book into the Hayfield Manor Hotel http://www.hotels.com/ho182169/hayfield-manor-hotel-cork-ireland/ for 2 nights. DAY TWO : Visit the English Market in Cork http://www.theenglishmarket.ie/ and historic Kinsale http://www.kinsale.ie/ DAY THREE : Travel to Galway visiting Cliffs of Moher http://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/ [...]
Ilnacullin, the Italian Gardens on Garinish Island, are reminiscent of a Maxfield Parrish fantasy, hardly what you would expect in rural Cork, though the conical hills in the background may suggest a lesser Mount Olympus. However, such ‘follies’ or architectural fantasies are not uncommon in Ireland’s traditionally bleak landscape, usually the creation of landed gentry [...]
Most people who tour south Cork pass through this fishing and market centre on the main coastal road. The town stands at the head of the long haven of Bantry Bay, sheltered by two of the hilly peninsulas that trail southwest from Cork’s mainland. A statue of St Brendan gazes seawards from its square by [...]
Right down in Southernmost Ireland is a real hidden gem. Discover “Bantry Bay” with Ireland Luxury Tours and a tour of Ireland that is created specially for you……. Made famous in the song, Bantry Bay in West Cork Ireland is of legendary beauty. Bantry, at the head of the bay, is a busy market town and fishing port. Bantry [...]
Not far from the city of Cork is the beautiful town of Kinsale. If you are on a tour of Ireland , and in the vicinity it is well worth a visit for the food alone. It has been mentioned on this blog previously and is an interesting stopping point. Ireland Luxury Tours have taken [...]