Ireland Luxury Tours

Bunratty Castle is just outside Limerick and worth a visit on any Ireland tours. If you are in the area it is a must see attraction. The little pub/restaurant beside it….known as “Durty Nellys”  http://durtynellys.ie/contact/  Call into this pub on a Friday evening and there are often local singers joining in with the local pianist….all unrehearsed and [...]

Now this is a real hidden gem if you are tours of Ireland. The port of Foynes was the fulcrum point for air traffic between the United States and Europe. These famous flying boats were frequent visitors , carrying a diverse range of people from celebrities to refugees. The Foynes Museum recalls this era with a comprehensive [...]

A museum which is not one of the best known on tours of Ireland but well worth a visit. The museum is owned and operated by Limerick City Council. It was fist opened to the public in 1916 as part of the city library in Perry Square. In 1979 it transferred to the renovated Georgian period Johns Square [...]

On any tours of Ireland you may hear of a Limerick or actually listen to one. Some of the books of Limericks are real hidden gems and great fun. A Limerick is a  short, humorous, often nonsensical verse of five lines that have a particular pattern of rhyme (aabba) and a rhythm. Lines 1, 2, and 5 [...]

This is a museum of art and Celtic artifacts worth seeing on any tours of Ireland. Art historian and connoisseur John Hunt advised many collectors , including William Randolph Hearst. Hunt and his wife , Gertrude , also assembled their own eclectic collection of objets d’art , which they left in trust to Irish people. The collection found its permenent [...]

The longest river in Ireland or Britain. The Shannon rises in the “Shannon Pot” in County Cavan …..It forms an estuary west of Limerick City…..and it flows into the Atlantic at “Loop Head” in County Clare. Its total length is 214 miles. Formerly an important north-south traffic artery  , it is now used mainly for pleasure cruising. It [...]