I will be travelling to Ireland for end of year holidays. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

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Bring an umbrella and a spare umbrella

Answer 2

Avoid Dublin, go to Limerick. That's a really nice fun place-real Irish!!! Also visit Cork, one of the oldest Irish towns.!
Liz

Answer 3

Check weather reports before travelling.Lots of flooding this year.

Answer 4

Stick to the main cities, Dublin, Cork, Belfast.
The tourism industry goes into semi hibernation in the rural areas for about 4 months, over the winter.

Answer 5

Stay in Bed & Breakfasts, and be friendly towards your hosts, because they will have lots of suggestions of things on that the Tourist Board will know nothing about.

Also, I would suggest picking a region and staying there, rather than trying to cover the entire country within a few days. The roads here are not built for large volumes of high speed traffic, so you physically cannot drive 100 miles in 100 minutes. For rural areas in the west, you will need to hire a car to get around (buses are not great, trains are practically non-existent except for lines between the cities), and petrol is currently €1.16 (at the last petrol station I passed) per litre, and there are 3.5 litres to the gallon, so do the maths. If you don't like driving, I suggest staying in one of the larger cities like Dublin, Cork or Galway, but you could also do okay in places like Limerick, Waterford or Kilkenny - in fact, if you stay in either Waterford or Kilkenny, you can get between them easily by train or bus. It may be possible to do day excursions to places of interest outside the main cities, contact the tourist board for more information, www.discoverireland.ie. Bear in mind that Ireland generally closes down for Christmas.

Northern Ireland is technically part of the United Kingdom, so they still use pounds sterling as their currency there, but the Republic of Ireland uses the Euro. Visa and Mastercard are the preferred credit cards, American Express less so.

Answer 6

It depends what you like to do but I am sure you will find many things when you get here.

Golfing, fishing, water sports, sight seeing, walking, hiking, beaches, historic buildings, churches and the list is truly endless. There really is something for everyone to do and see. The common language spoken throughout Ireland is English and you will always be made welcome by everyone. Tourist offices are in every major town and city and they will provide you with a host of things to do and see.

Don't miss out on seeing the famous Giant's Causeway, Dunluce Castle, Bushmill's Distillery, Carrick-A-Rede rope bridge and the North Antrim Coast, all of which can be seen in one or two days. Then there is the haunted Ballygalley House Hotel and some of the most panoramic golf courses in the world.
A trip to Belfast and a tour of the city are highly recommended.

Then we have the kissing of the blarney stone, or go to Dublin and see the Book of Kells, Trinity College and the famous Guinness Brewery. Go racing for a day and chance your luck. I am fairly certain whether it is a holiday for those of you who wish to simply lay back and chill, or for those of you who want an activity packed holiday, you will find it here in the Emerald Isle.

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http://when-visiting-ireland.blogspot.co…

Answer 7

What are you interested in? I suggest the lovely Cork. Impressive architecture and nice people. Resembles Amsterdam a bit. If you have time also travel to the west of the country-beautiful scenery!

Answer 8

Ah yeah avoid Dublin, the most historic place in Ireland to visit Limerick, the county with the highest crime rate hahaha...

Seriously, the best places to visit are Dublin (for the culture and experience of Irish city life, including the great nightlife), Cork (because of the cool distilleries there) and Donegal (if you want the whole traditional Irish natural beauty). Also, I would try Galway too, especially on the coast. Hippy capital of Ireland lol