If you are on a cruise ship in Belfast…..or at a local hotel…..Check out our great Belfast tours and beyond. They range between 5 hours and 8 hours and cover the North Coast , Giants Causeway , Dunluce Castle , Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge , Mountains of Mourne , Fermanagh , Devenish Island , Ards peninsula , [...]
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The History of Dunluce Castle
The castle as we see it today dates largely from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is possible that everything that survives was built by the MacDonnells, but we like to think that at least the outer walls with the two round towers date back to the MacQuillans who controlled the Route and the north [...]
Fri 14th May travel 4 hours directly to Ballynahinch Castle……should arrive around 1.00 p.m…you will be tired and if we get there you can all chill out and relax You can eat lunch and dinner there…the food is magnificent http://www.ballynahinch-castle.com/pub-dinner-menu Sat 15th May travel into Galway and enjoy the sights Lunch at Quays Pub http://www.galwaycitypubguide.com/all-pubs/the-quays.html You will still be [...]
Mount Sandel , Coleraine
Near the Giants Causeway and Dunluce Castle lies a real hidden gem….see it with Ireland Luxury Tours whether you are on a Belfast tour , even off a cruise ship , or on an extensive tour of Ireland…… Mount Sandel lies on a high bluff overlooking the River Bann, and it is the remains of a small [...]
Day Tours of the North Coast….out of Belfast
If you want to see the North coast out of a base like Belfast fo example , our tours are very different. Ireland Luxury Tours like to drive the coast road through Carrickfergus to Larne. Then on to Carnlough and a coffee stop at the Londonderry Arms Hotel , once owned by Winston Churchill. Then on [...]
La Girona of the Spanish Armada
La Girona was a galleass of the 1588 Spanish Armada which foundered and sank off Lacada Point,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the night of 26 October 1588 after making its way eastward along the Irish coast. The wreck is noteworthy for the loss of life that resulted, and for the treasures since recovered. The Girona had [...]