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On any tours of Ireland visit Dublin and see Saint Stephens Green. During the 18th century , the city’s gentry built their dwellings on the Green and it has been one of the most fashionable areas every since. From 1815 until 1880 the Green was reserved for the exclusive use of the residents of the area , [...]
Again if you are on any tours of Ireland , and in Dublin , Grafton Street is worth walking down !! Located in the heart of Dublin City , O’Connell Street forms part of a grand throughfare created in the 18th century that runs through the center of the capital , comprising Carlisle Bridge , Westmoreland [...]
We enjoyed our trip through beautiful Ireland on 12th – 14th May 2011. Our trip took us from Dublin to Belfast, Craigavon and back again to Dublin and we visited nice places everywhere. The trip was organized by Ireland Luxury Tours and we felt as being on vacation. Everything was very well organized and we reached all [...]
On tours of Ireland you will certainly pass through Dublin. If you do , why not visit a real hidden gem….The Cathach It is Irelands oldest manuscript. Written around 600 , possibly by the hand of St Colm Cille. The Cathach ( or “battler” ) Psalter is now preserved in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. The enlarged initial [...]
Leabhar na hUidhre is the oldest surviving manuscript written entirely in Irish. An interesting thing to see on any Ireland tours. It si a bit of a hidden gem. It gets its name “The Book of the Dun Cow” because , in the late Middle Ages , its vellum was thought to have come from a grayish-brown [...]
Lambey Island is a large island off the North Dublin coast. You will see it on a clear day when in Dublin on any Ireland tours. “Colm Cille” is said to have founded a church , of which no trace remains. Recent excavations have shown that the island was inhabited as far back as the Stone Age [...]