Tourism in Ireland

Tourism in Ireland

If you go to Ireland there are some places that you cannot miss. Some of these places are:

Blarney Castle

Blarney Castle was built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland's greatest chieftains, Cormac MacCarthy, and has been attracting attention beyond Munster ever since. Over the last few hundred years, millions have flocked to Blarney, making it a world landmark and one of Ireland's greatest treasures.

Now that might have something to do with the Blarney Stone, the legendary Stone of Eloquence, found at the top of our Tower. Kiss it and you'll never again be lost for words.

Altamont, County Carlow

Some of the most beautiful gardens are those which manage a successful transition between formal areas around the house and informal and wild parts beyond. At Altamont the plush lawns, box hedging and clipped yews merge almost imperceptibly with the lake below, where skilled and artistic planting has created delightful all-season effects. Paths beyond lead to lovely wood lands, an arboretum, a bog garden and, down a magic Ice Age ravine, to the majestic wooded banks of the River Slaney.

Dublin Castle, County Dublin

Fragments are all that remain of the great medieval fortress that once served as a symbol of Royal authority in Ireland and the centre of administration. From 1684 to 1761 it was extensively rebuilt, though the shape of the Anglo-Norman castle roughly coincides with the rebuilding. Its construction began in 1204 when King John directed Meiler FitzHenry, the Justiciar, to make a castle in Dublin "with good ditches and strong walls". Meiler chose a site on a ridge at the south-east corner of the city walls that was previously occupied by Henry. "royal palace roofed with wattles" and possibly by a Hiberno-Norse forerunner. It was completed around 1228 and remained more-or-less intact until the seventeenth century.

The National Museum, Dublin

The facade of the National Museum exactly mirrors that of the National Library; the two buildings are separated by the entrance to Leinster House, home of the Dáil and Seanad. On the ground floor of the museum, prehistoric artefacts include the Lurgan bog boat, dug out of a bog in County Galway early this century and the oldest surviving Irish boat, made about 2500BC. Medieval treasures include the Ardagh hoard from County Limerick, a collection of highly-decorated crosiers, including one from Lismore, County Waterford, made about 1100 and 12th century book shrines. On the first floor, treasures include Irish silver from the 18th century and glassware from the 19th century. Among the silver pieces are a mace from Bandon, County Cork (1700) and two maces and the seal of Navan, made in Dublin in 1680. The Merrion Row entrance is to an exhibition area, while the approach to the Natural History museum is from

Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival

If you go to Dublin (Ireland's largest city) between 29 September – 16 October, you will definitely have to assist to the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival; here is a brief description about this festival:

Dublin is setting the scene for some juicy drama. Trotting into town with thespian pep in its step is the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival. As Europe’s oldest specialist theatre festival, they’ve been at this game since 1957.

As always, the stage will be set for powerful, amazing, and thought-provoking works from around the world. From Broadway hits to home-grown talent, from acrobatic Russian clowns to tragedies in Dublin tenements – just not all in the same show.

Merrion Square West

. Although the museum has been well refurbished in recent years, most of its collection is being moved to the former Collins Barracks site, near Heuston Station, which should prove an imaginative new venue.