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This edition written and researched by
Fionn Davenport Isabel Albiston
Catherine Le Nevez
AMAZING ROAD TRIPS34
BEST TRIPSIRELAND’S
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MAP LEGEND
SYMBOLS IN THIS BOOK CONTENTS
% Telephone Number
h Opening Hours
p Parking
n Nonsmoking
a Air- Conditioning
i Internet Access
W Wi-Fi Access
v Vegetarian Selection
s Swimming Pool
E English- Language Menu
c Family-Friendly
# Pet-Friendly
Tips from Locals
Top Tips
Link Your Trips
Trip Detour
5 Eating
Family
History & Culture
Food & Drink
Outdoors
Essential Photo
Walking Tour
4 Sleeping
PLAN YOUR TRIP
Welcome to Ireland ......................... 7
Ireland Highlights ............................ 8
If You Like... ................................... 20
Need to Know ................................. 22
City Guide ........................................24
Ireland by Region .......................... 30
Ireland Classic Trips ..................... 32
ON THE ROAD
1Iconic Ireland .......................7 Days 35
2 The Long Way Round .............14 Days 49
3Tip to Toe ..........................10 Days 63
DUBLIN & EASTERN IRELAND ...........................77
4 A Long Weekend Around Dublin .........3 Days 81
5 East to West ..........................7 Days 89
6 The Boyne Valley ........................2 Days 97
7 Ancient Ireland .......................4 Days 105
Walk Track/Path
River/CreekIntermittent RiverSwamp/MangroveCanalWaterDry/Salt/ Intermittent LakeGlacier
BeachCemetery (Christian)Cemetery (Other)ParkForest
Sportsground
International
Cliff
Capital (National)Capital (State/Province)City/Large TownTown/Village
State/Province
StepsPlaza/Mall
Pedestrian Overpass
Tunnel
Walk RouteLinked TripTrip DetourTrip Route
Airport
Train/Railway
Cable Car/ Funicular
National NetworkE-Road Network
ReservationUrban Area
Trip Stop
Tram
Trip Numbers
Walking tour
Trip Detour
Parking
LaneTertiary
TollwayFreewayPrimarySecondary
Unsealed Road
Transport
Hydrography
Areas
Boundaries
Population
Routes
Highway Markers
Trips
Note: Not all symbols displayed above appear on the maps in this book
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CONTENTS
8Monasteries, Mountains & Mansions .................3 Days 113
9Wicklow Mountains ................3 Days 121
a Carlow Back Roads ..............3 Days 129
b Kilkenny’s Treasures .................3 Days 137
cWexford & Waterford .................5 Days 145
d Blackwater Valley Drive..........................2 Days 153
e Family Fun .............................3 Days 161
CORK & SOUTHWEST IRELAND ...173
f Ring of Kerry .........................4 Days 177
g Dingle Peninsula ............. 3–4 Days 189
h Southwest Blitz ...........................4 Days 199
i Southwestern Pantry .......................5 Days 211
jWest Cork Villages .....................7 Days 219
k Shannon River Route ........................4 Days 227
l The Holy Glen ...................... 2–3 Days 235
Cork &Southwest
Irelandp173
Galway &the West of
Irelandp245
Belfast &the North of
Irelandp313
Dublin &Eastern Ireland
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GALWAY & THE WEST OF IRELAND .........245
m Best of the West ...................6 Days 249
nMusical Landscapes ..............5 Days 261
o Mountains & Moors ........................6 Days 271
p Loughs of the West .............. 3–4 Days 279
q North Mayo & Sligo ..........................4 Days 287
r Sligo Surrounds .................5 Days 295
s County Clare ..........................7 Days 303
BELFAST & THE NORTH OF IRELAND .......313
t The North in a Nutshell ...............10 Days 317
u Delights of Donegal .....................7 Days 329
v Inishowen Peninsula ..................3 Days 337
w Northwest on Adrenalin ..................4 Days 345
x From Bangor to Derry .....................4 Days 353
y The Antrim Coast .........................3 Days 361
ROAD TRIP ESSENTIALS
Ireland Driving Guide ...................373
Ireland Travel Guide .....................378
Language ...................................... 386
Index ............................................. 389
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Aabbeys
Black Abbey 169Duiske Abbey 142Dunbrody Abbey 148Hore Abbey 110, 240Jerpoint Abbey 110, 140Kylemore Abbey 276Mellifont Abbey 100-2Mt Melleray Cistercian
Abbey 156Muckross Abbey 186Sligo Abbey 348Tintern Abbey 147-8
accessible travel 385accommodation 23, 378,
379-80, see also individual locations
Achill Island 289, 293activities 21, see also
individual activitiesAdare 230, 233, 255, 258-9Adare Castle 230Ahakista 224air travel 378Allihies 224Altamont Gardens 132ancient sites & ruins 19, 20,
see also abbeys, churches & cathedrals, castles, stone circlesAthassel Priory 239Battle of the Boyne Site 100
Browne’s Hill Dolmen 132Brú na Bóinne 17, 83, 99,
103, 106-7, 111, 164Carrowkeel Megalithic
Cemetery 296-7Céide Fields 250-1, 346-8Cooley Cross 339Corlea Trackway 118Dún Aengus 56, 92, 268,
305Gallarus Oratory 194Kells Priory 139-40 Kilree High Cross 140Kilree Round Tower 140Loughcrew Cairns 107-8Monasterboice 102Reginald’s Tower 148, 150Riase Monastic
Settlement 194Saltee Islands 148Slea Head 192Spanish Arch 310St Mura Cross 323
Antrim Coast 361-7apps 376Aran Islands 308Ardara 332Ardgroom 224Ardmore 58, 150, 151, 156Ards Forest Park 333area codes 384Arranmore Island 325, 327Arthurstown 148Ashford Castle 282
Askeaton 231Assarancagh Waterfall 326Athassel Priory 239Athenry 70Athlone 70-1, 74, 119ATMs 382Aughris Head 291-2, 293automobile associations 376Avondale House 126
BBagenalstown 134Ballaghbeama Gap 184Ballina 228, 290Ballinrobe 282-3Ballon 135Ballycarbery Castle 181Ballycastle 319, 327Ballycroy National Park
289-90Ballycurrin Lighthouse 282Ballyduff Upper 158Ballyferriter 194Ballyhillin Beach 342Ballymaloe House 216Ballymena 362-3Ballysaggartmore Towers 158Ballyvaughan 305, 309Baltimore 214, 222Bangor 354Bansha 237-8Bantry 203-5, 209, 223-4,
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Bantry House 203-4Barleycove Beach 222Battle of the Boyne Site 100B&Bs 379-80beaches
Achill Island 289Ballyhillin Beach 342 Barleycove Beach 222 Glassilaun Beach 275-6 Omney Strand 284Portrush 358Portstewart Strand 320Rossbeigh Strand 180Strandhill 298Streedagh Beach 299-300 Youghal 154
Beara Peninsula 224, 225beer 50, 134Belfast 12, 27, 51-2, 319, 356,
368-9accommodation 60food 60, 359
Belfast City Hall 368Belvedere House & Gardens
117-18Belvelly 216Benbulben 299Bennettsbridge 139Birr 71, 75, 108, 111, 116-17, 119Birr Castle 71, 116Bishop’s Palace 150Black Abbey 169Black Castle 134Blackwater River 157Blackwater Valley 153-9Blarney Castle 207Blarney Stone 207Blasket Centre 193Blasket Islands 192Blennerville 196Blessington 85, 87boat travel 253, 378Book of Kells 36Booley House 158
border crossings 376Borris 133, 135Boycott, Captain Charles
Cunningham 282Boyne Valley 97-103Braid Museum 362-3Brandon Point 194Brandon Regatta 195Brow Head 223Browne’s Hill Dolmen 132Brú Ború 240Brú na Bóinne 17, 83, 99, 103,
106-7, 111, 164Buncrana 334, 335, 342, 343Buncrana Castle 334, 342Bunratty 232Bunratty Castle 232 Burren 55-6, 93Bushmills 366, 367business hours 383Butcher’s Gate 370Butter Museum 214Butter Slip 168
CCaherconnell Fort 57Caherdaniel 44-5, 184, 202-3Cahergall 181Cahersiveen 181-3, 202Cahir 237Cahir Castle 237 camping 380Cappoquin 154-6, 159Cappoquin House & Gardens
155-6car hire 22, 373car insurance 373caravan parks 380Carlingford 166, 167Carlow Brewing
Company 134Carlow County 129-35Carlow County Museum 130Carlow Garden Trail 134
Carlow Town 130, 135Carndonagh 343Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge
52, 320, 357, 366Carrigart 324Carrowkeel Megalithic
Cemetery 296-7cars, see drivingCashel 109, 111, 240, 241,
277Cashel Folk Village 240Castlebar 70, 74Castlebellingham 102Castlegregory 195, 197castles
Adare Castle 230Ashford Castle 282Ballycarbery Castle 181Birr Castle 71, 116Black Castle 134Blarney Castle 207Buncrana Castle 334, 342Bunratty Castle 232Cahir Castle 237Classiebawn Castle 300Desmond Castle 214, 231,
255Doe Castle 324-5Donegal Castle 67, 349Dungarvan Castle 150, 208Dunguaire Castle 94Dunluce Castle 357-8Dunseverick Castle 52Hillsborough Castle 355-6Huntington Castle 132-3Kilkenny Castle 71-2, 168King John’s Castle 230Lismore Castle 157Lynch’s Castle 311Mullin’s Castle 140O’Brien’s Castle 306Parke’s Castle 292Portumna Castle &
Gardens 228
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Ross Castle 186Termonfeckin Castle 102Trim Castle 98-9, 163-4Tynte’s Castle 208
Castletown House 83-4, 114Castletownbere 224Castletownshend 256-7Cathedral of the
Assumption 130Causeway Coast Way 52,
320Céide Fields 250-1, 346-8Celbridge 83-4, 114cell phones 23, 385Celtic & Prehistoric Museum
192Charles Fort 220-1Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film
Festival 183Chester Beatty Library 170Christ Church Cathedral 170churches & cathedrals
Cashel Cathedral 109Cathedral of the
Assumption 130Christ Church Cathedral
170Church of St Mary 140Cloncha Church 340Clonfert Cathedral 92Collegiate Church of
St Nicholas of Myra 311Franciscan Friary
(Clonmel) 237Franciscan Friary
(Killarney) 201-2Franciscan Friary
(Rossnowlagh) 330Layde Old Church 356, 363St Anne’s Church 243St Canice’s Cathedral 169St Carthage’s
Cathedral 157St Colman’s Cathedral 207St Columb’s Cathedral 358
St Declan’s Church 150St Fin Barre’s Cathedral
242St Gobban’s Church 52St Mary’s Cathedral
(Killarney) 201St Mary’s Cathedral
(Limerick) 230St Mary’s Church 282-3St Mary’s Church of
Ireland 231St Mary’s Collegiate
Church 208St Patrick’s Cathedral 170Tullyaughnish Church 324
Church Island 183Church of St Mary 140Clare, County 303-9Clarinbridge 94, 253-5Classiebawn Castle 300Claycastle 154Clifden 38, 46, 92, 95Cliffs of Moher 19, 38-41,
306-7climate 22Cloghane 194-5Clogherhead 102Clonakilty 213-14, 217, 221-2Cloncha Church 340Clonegal 132-3Clonfert Cathedral 92Clonmacnoise 91, 95, 108-9,
111, 117Clonmel 236-7, 241Cobh 207-8, 209Coleman Irish Music Centre
69Collegiate Church of
St Nicholas of Myra 311Collins, Michael 213, 221-2Cong 282, 285Connemara 12, 257Connemara National Park
284, 285Connor Pass 195
cooking schools 150, 216Cooley Cross 339Cork 13, 28-9, 58, 205-6,
214-16, 242-3, 257accommodation 61, 209,
217, 259 festivals 205, 206food 61, 209, 217, 259
Cork Butter Museum 243 Cork City Gaol 206Cork Film Festival 206Corlea Trackway 118costs 23County Clare 303-9County Donegal 329-35County Sligo 295-301County Sligo Golf
Course 298Craiceann Inis Oírr
International Bodhrán Summer School 268
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery 242
credit cards 382Croagh Patrick 252Cromane Peninsula 180Cromwell, Oliver 100Crookhaven 223crystal 150Cúirt International Festival of
Literature 252Culdaff 343Cultúrlann McAdam
Ó Fiaich 368currency 22Cushendall 356, 359Cushendun 363-4, 367Cushlough Bay 283
Ddangers, see safetyDeath of Innocence Mural 371Delphi 284, 285Delta Sensory Gardens 131-2
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Derry 64, 321, 338-9, 358, 370-1accommodation 327, 359food 359
Derrynane House 203Derrynane National Historic
Park 44-5, 202-3Desmond Castle 214, 231, 255Diamond Hill 284Dingle Oceanworld 192Dingle Peninsula 17, 57,
189-97Dingle Peninsula
Museum 194Dingle Town 42, 192, 256
accommodation 47, 61, 197, 259
food 47, 61, 197, 259disabilities, travellers with
385Doe Castle 324-5Dog’s Bay 275dolphin-watching 192, 256Donegal Castle 67, 349Donegal, County 329-35Donegal Gaeltacht 350Donegal Town 330, 349, 351Doolin 56, 94, 95, 268, 269Downhill Demesne 358Downings 327, 333-4driving 373-7
automobile associations 376
car hire 22, 373documents 373, 374driving licences 373fuel 22, 257, 375-6insurance 373maps 374, 376parking 375road rules 374, 375safety 374-5, 376websites 376
driving licences 373
Drogheda 100, 103, 166, 167Druid Theatre 253Drumcliff 299Dublin 10, 36, 50-1, 90-1,
162-3, 170-1accommodation 46, 60,
95, 167food 46, 60, 95, 167
Dublin Zoo 162Duckett’s Grove 132Duiske Abbey 142Dún Aengus 56, 92, 268, 305Dún an Óir Fort 194Dunbeg Fort 42, 192Dunbrody Abbey 148Dunbrody Country House 148Dunbrody Famine Ship 72Dunfanaghy 53, 60, 327,
333, 335Dungarvan 150, 151, 208Dungarvan Castle 150, 208Dunguaire Castle 94Dunlewey 66, 74, 332, 335Dunluce Castle 357-8Dunmore Cave 139Dunseverick Castle 52Dunquin 193Durrus 212-13Dursey Island 224DVDs 384
EEaskey 291electricity 380emergencies 22, 377, 382English Market 214-15, 242Ennis 41-2, 46-7, 262-4, 269,
304-5, 309Ennis Friary 304-5 Enniscorthy 72, 75, 146-7, 151Enniscrone 291, 348, 351Enniskerry 86, 87, 122, 127Ennistymon 264, 269, 307,
309
Ennistymon Horse Market 307
Erris Head 346exchange rates 382Eyeries 224Eyre Square 311
FFahan 323Fahan beehive huts 193Fair Head 364Father Mathew Statue 243Father McDyer’s
Folk Village 326festivals & events
Ballina Salmon Festival 290
Brandon Regatta 195Carlingford Oyster
Festival 166Charlie Chaplin Comedy
Film Festival 183Clarinbridge Oyster
Festival 94, 253Cork Film Festival 206Craiceann Inis Oírr
International Bodhrán Summer School 268
Cúirt International Festival of Literature 252
Galway Film Fleadh 252Galway International Arts
Festival 252Galway International
Oyster & Seafood Festival 252
Galway Race Week 252Guinness Jazz Festival 206Inishbofin Arts Festival 284Kilmore Quay Seafood
Festival 147Kinsale Gourmet
Festival 214Laytown Races 165Lughnasa 194-5
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North West 200 Road Race 324
Puck Fair 180, 202Rose of Tralee 196Seafood Festival 214Taste of West Cork Food
Festival 213Town of Books Festival 142Waterford Festival of
Food 150West Cork Chamber Music
Festival 205West Waterford Drama
Festival 158Willie Clancy Irish Summer
School 264film locations 276, 282Fintown Railway 326fishing 155-6Flagstaff Viewpoint 166folk music 15, 21food 21, 23, 380-1Fort Dunree 342forts
Caherconnell Fort 57Charles Fort 220-1Dún Aengus 56, 92, 268,
305Dún an Óir Fort 194Dunbeg Fort 42, 192Fort Dunree 342Grianán of Aileách 65-6
Fota House 206-7Fota Wildlife Park 206-7Fountain Housing
Estate 370Foynes 231Franciscan Friary
(Clonmel) 237Franciscan Friary
(Killarney) 201-2Franciscan Friary
(Rossnowlagh) 330Free Derry Corner 371
Front Strand 154fuel 22, 257, 375-6
GGaeilge 386Gallarus Oratory 194galleries, see museums &
galleriesGaltee Mountains 240Galway City 12, 26, 36-8, 70,
92, 253, 262, 272-3, 280, 310-11accommodation 46, 74, 95,
258, 269, 277 festivals 252food 46, 258, 277
Galway City Museum 70, 310Gap of Dunloe 185gardens, see parks &
gardensGarinish Island (Ilnacullin)
224, 256gas 22, 257, 375-6gay travellers 382gemstones 342Giant’s Causeway 18, 52-3,
60, 320, 356, 357, 366Glandore 257Glanteenassig Forest
Recreation Area 196glass 132Glassilaun Beach 275-6Gleann Mór 284Glebe Gallery 334Glebe Gardens 214Glen of Aherlow 238Glenariff Forest
Park 363, 367Glencolumbcille 67, 74,
326, 335Glencree 122-4Glendalough 15, 85-6, 87,
110, 125-6, 127Glendalough Valley 125
Glenevin Waterfall 321-3, 327Glengarriff 224, 225, 256, 259Glengesh Pass 66-7Glenmacnass Valley 124Glenmacnass
Waterfall 124Glenmalure 126, 127Glenveagh National Park
66, 334golf 141, 183, 298Gougane Barra
Forest Park 206Graiguenamanagh 142, 143Grange 299-300Green Lane Museum 321Greencastle 339, 343Grianán of Aileách 65-6Guinness Jazz
Festival 206Guinness Storehouse 50Gurteen 69-70Gurteen Bay 275
HHall of the Red Earl 310Hazelwood 292health 381Healy Pass 58highlights 10-19, 33Hill of Slane 107Hill of Tara 99, 107Hillsborough 355-6, 359Hillsborough Castle 355-6holidays 383Hollow 291Hore Abbey 110, 240Horn Head 53, 325hostels 380House of
Waterford Crystal 150Howth 82, 87Hunt Museum 230 Huntington Castle 132-3
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IIlnacullin (Garinish Island)
224, 256Inch 191Inch Island 334 Inchagoill 280-1Inchiquin 281Inisfallen 186Inishbofin 284, 285Inishbofin Arts Festival 284 Inisheer 268, 269, 306, 309Inishmaan 305, 309Inishmór 56, 92-3, 268, 305
accommodation 61, 95, 269, 309
Inishowen Head 340Inishowen Peninsula 337-43Iniskeel Island 326Inistioge 141-2, 143insurance 373, 382internet access 23, 381Iskaheen 321, 339
JJames Joyce Museum 86Jameson Whiskey 208, 216Jerpoint Abbey 110, 140Jerpoint Glass Studio 132
KKells 139-40Kenmare 43-4, 57-8, 184, 203
accommodation 47, 61, 187, 209
food 47, 61, 187Kenmare Heritage Centre 203Kenmare Lace & Design
Centre 203Kerry Bog Village Museum
180Kerry County Museum 196Kilcrohane 224
Kilfenora 265Kilgraney House Herb
Gardens 134Kilkee 232, 233Kilkenny 71-2, 75, 138-9, 143,
168-9Kilkenny Castle 71-2, 168Killala 290Killaloe 228Killarney 43, 178-9, 190-1,
201-2 accommodation 47, 187,
197 food 47, 197
Killarney National Park 43, 185, 201
Killary Harbour 252Killashee 118Killorglin 45, 180, 187, 202,
209Killybegs 350, 351Kilmore Quay 73, 75, 147, 151Kilmore Quay Seafood
Festival 147 Kilmurvey 93, 305Kilree High Cross 140Kilree Round Tower 140Kilrush 232, 308, 309Kinsale 214, 217, 220-1Kinsale Gourmet Festival 214Kinvara 93-4Knocknadobar 181Kylemore Abbey 276
LLackan Bay 290languages 22, 386-7Layde Old Church 356, 363Laytown Races 165 Leacanabuile 181Leenane 252-3, 258Leighlinbridge 134lesbian travellers 382Letterkenny 74, 335
Lewis Glucksman Gallery 242, 257
Limerick City 229-31, 233Limerick City Gallery of Art
230Lisdoonvarna 267Lismore 156-8, 159Lissadell House 299Londonderry 358, see also
DerryLoop Head 232, 308Lord Brandon’s Cottage 185Lough Corrib 280-2Lough Gill 292 Loughcrew Cairns 107-8Loughrea Peninsula 66Luggala 124Lughnasa 194-5Lynch’s Castle 311
MMagan’s 118Magazine Gate 370Malin Beg 332Malin Head 340-2maps 374, 376Maritime & Heritage Centre
350Maritime Museum 339markets 159, 214-15, 233,
242, 307Mathew, Father Theobald 243measures 384medical services 382Medieval Museum 150Meenaleck 325Mellifont Abbey 100-2Michael Collins Centre 221-2Midleton 208, 216Millmount Museum 100, 166Miltown Malbay 264Mizen Head Peninsula 222-3,
225mobile phones 23, 385
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Model 296Monasterboice 102money 22, 23, 382-3motorcycles, see drivingMount Juliet 141Moville 343Mt Brandon 194Mt Errigal 350, 351Mt Leinster 133Mt Melleray Cistercian Abbey
156 Mt Mweelrea 252Mt Stewart House 354Muckross Abbey 186Muckross Estate 186Muckross Traditional Farms
186Mullaghmore 300, 301Mullingar 119Mullin’s Castle 140Museum of Free Derry 371museums & galleries
Bishop’s Palace 150Blasket Centre 193Braid Museum 362-3Brú Ború 240Butter Museum 214 Carlow County Museum
130Céide Fields Interpretive
Centre 250Celtic & Prehistoric
Museum 192Cobh, the Queenstown
Story 207Cork Butter Museum 243Crawford Municipal Art
Gallery 242Dingle Peninsula Museum
194Foynes Flying Boat
Museum 231Galway City Museum 70,
310Glebe Gallery 334
Green Lane Museum 321Hunt Museum 230James Joyce Museum 86Kenmare Heritage Centre
203Kenmare Lace & Design
Centre 203Kerry Bog Village Museum
180Kerry County Museum 196Lewis Glucksman Gallery
242, 257Limerick City Gallery of
Art 230Maritime & Heritage
Centre 350Maritime Museum 339Medieval Museum 150Michael Collins Centre
221-2Millmount Museum 100,
166Model 296Museum of Free Derry 371National 1798 Rebellion
Centre 72, 147National Craft Gallery &
Design Centre 168National Museum of
Country Life 70National Museum of
Ireland – Archaeology & History 90-1, 171
National Museum of Ireland – Natural History 171
Nore View Folk Museum 139
Old Barracks Heritage Centre 202
Old Market House Arts Centre 208
People’s Gallery 371Rothe House & Garden 169Skibbereen Heritage
Centre 222
Sligo County Museum 67-8, 292
South Tipperary County Museum 237
Spiddal Craft & Design Studios 273
Strokestown Park House & Famine Museum 118
Tarbert Bridewell Jail & Courthouse 232
Tower Museum 64, 321, 370
Ulster Museum 356Waterford County Museum
208Waterford Museum of
Treasures 148-50Yeats Memorial Building
296music 15, 21, 261-9, 376Mussenden Temple 358Myrtle Grove 208
NNarin 326, 327National 1798 Rebellion
Centre 72, 147National Craft Gallery &
Design Centre 168National Museum of Country
Life 70National Museum of Ireland –
Archaeology & History 90-1, 171
National Museum of Ireland – Natural History 171
national parks, see also parks & gardensBallycroy National Park
289-90Connemara National Park
284, 285Derrynane National
Historic Park 44-5, 202-3Glenveagh National Park
66, 334
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national parks continued Gougane Barra Forest
Park 206Killarney National Park 43,
185, 201Neale 282New Ross 72Newgrange 164Newgrange Farm 165Newmills Corn & Flax Mills
334Newtown 238-9, 241Nore View Folk Museum 139North West 200 Road Race
324
OO’Brien’s Castle 306Old Barracks Heritage
Centre 202Old Bushmills
Distillery 366Old Market House Arts
Centre 208O’Malley, Grace 290Omey Island 284Omey Strand 284One Man’s Pass 350opening hours 383Organ 366Oughterard 276outdoor activities 21, see
also individual activitiesoysters 94, 166, 252, 253
PParke’s Castle 292parking 375parks & gardens, see also
national parksAltamont Gardens 132Ards Forest Park 333Belvedere House &
Gardens 117-18
Bishop Lucey Park 215Cappoquin House &
Gardens 155-6Carlow Garden Trail 134Delta Sensory Gardens
131-2Derrynane National
Historic Park 202-3Fota House arboretum 207Garinish Island 256Glebe Gardens 214Glenariff Forest Park 363,
367Kilgraney House Herb
Gardens 134Kylemore Abbey 276Muckross Estate 186Portumna Castle &
Gardens 228Rothe House & Garden 169Vandeleur Walled Garden
232, 308Passage Coast Road 150Patrick Pearse’s Cottage
273-4Peace Line 369Peadar O’Donnell’s 370Pearse, Pádraig 273-4People’s Gallery 371petrol 22, 257, 375-6photography 383Pickie Family Fun Park 354Pigeon Hole 282Plassy 306police 377Port Chorrúch 93Portbradden 52Portmagee 45Portrush 358, 359Portstewart 320-1, 327Portumna 228Portumna Castle & Gardens
228Powerscourt Estate 86, 122Powerscourt Waterfall 86
prehistoric sites 19, 20, see also ancient sites & ruins
public holidays 383Puck Fair 180, 202
QQuiet Man Bridge 276Quiet Man, The 276Quirke, Michael 300
Rradio 373, 376Raleigh, Sir Walter 208Rathlin Island 319, 364-6,
367Rathlin Seabird Centre 365Rathmelton 324, 327Rathmullan 324refunds 384Reginald’s Tower 148, 150Republic of Ireland 321Riasc Monastic Settlement
194Ring of Kerry 18, 57, 177-87Riverstown 297-8road distances 374road rules 373, 374, 375roads, best for driving 13roads, types of 374-5Rock of Cashel 17, 71, 109,
240Roe Valley 321Rose of Tralee 196Ross Castle 186 Rossbeigh Strand 180-1Rosses Point 298, 301Rossnowlagh 330, 348, 351Rothe House & Garden 169Rough Point Peninsula 195Roundstone 38, 274, 277ruins, see ancient sites &
ruinsRussborough House 84, 85
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Ssafety 374-5, 376, 383-4sailing 253Saltee Islands 73, 148Salthill 280Sandycove 86, 87Seafood Festival 214seaweed baths 292, 298,
348Shannon River 227-33 Shannonbridge 119Sheep’s Head Peninsula 224Sinn Féin Headquarters 368Skellig Michael 44Skellig Ring 181Skibbereen 213, 222, 225Skibbereen Heritage Centre
222Sky Road 38Slane 107Slea Head 42, 192-3Slemish 356Slieve Bloom Mountains 116Slieve League 67, 332, 350Slievemore Deserted Village
289Sligo Abbey 348Sligo, County 295-301Sligo County Museum 67-8,
292Sligo Folk Park 297-8Sligo Town 53, 67-9, 292,
296, 348, 351accommodation 61, 293,
301food 60-1, 74, 293, 301
Slish Wood 292smoking laws 384Sneem 184, 187Sonairte 164-5South Tipperary County
Museum 237Spanish Arch 310
speed limit 373Spiddal 273, 277Spiddal Craft & Design
Studios 273St Anne’s Church 243St Canice’s Cathedral 169St Carthage’s Cathedral 157St Colman’s Cathedral 207St Columb’s Cathedral 358St Declan’s Church 150St Fin Barre’s Cathedral 242St John’s Point 330-2, 335St Mary’s Cathedral
(Killarney) 201St Mary’s Cathedral
(Limerick) 230St Mary’s Church 282-3St Mary’s Church of Ireland
231St Mary’s Collegiate Church
208St Mullins 133-4, 135St Mura Cross 323St Patrick’s Cathedral 170stone circles
Ahakista 224Ardgroom 224 Carrowkeel Megalithic
Cemetery 296-7Kenmare 184
Stonyford 132 Strandhill 298, 301Streedagh Beach 299-300Strokestown 118surfing 300, 348, 358Synge, JM 305
TTarbert 232Taste of West Cork Food
Festival 213taxes 384Teach Synge 305telephone services 23, 384-5
Temple of the Winds 354Termonfeckin 102Tholsel 168Thomastown 140, 143Thompson Graving Dock 319time 384Tintern Abbey 147-8tipping 23, 382-3Titanic Belfast 51-2, 319Titanic Experience Cobh 207tollways 375, 377Torc Waterfall 186Tory Island 332-3tourist information 385Tourmakeady 283Tower Museum 64, 321, 370Town of Books Festival 142traditional music 15, 21traffic information 376Tralee 196, 197transport 23, 378-9, see
also drivingTrim 98-9, 103, 163-4, 167Trim Castle 98-9, 163-4Trinity College 36, 170Tullamore 115-16, 119Tullyaughnish Church 324Tulsk 108TV 384Twelve Bens 284Tynte’s Castle 208
UUlster Museum 356Ulster Tower 369Union Hall 257
Vvacations 383Valentia Island 45, 181Vandeleur Walled Garden
232, 308Vee Gap 158
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vegetarian travellers 381Ventry 192-6views 20Vinegar Hill 146-7visas 22, 385
Wwaterfalls
Assarancagh Waterfall 326 Glenevin Waterfall 321-3Glenmacnass Waterfall 124 Powerscourt Waterfall 86 Torc Waterfall 186 Tourmakeady Waterfall
283Waterford City 148-50, 151Waterford County Museum
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Waterford Festival of Food 150
Waterford Museum of Treasures 148-50
Waterville 183-4, 187weather 22websites 23, 376weights 384West Cork Chamber Music
Festival 205West Waterford Drama
Festival 158Westport 53-5, 251-2, 258,
288-9, 293Westport House 252, 289Wexford Town 72-3, 75whiskey
Jameson Whiskey 208, 216Old Bushmills Distillery 366
Tullamore Dew Whiskey 115-16
White Park Bay 52Wicklow Gap 126Wicklow Mountains 121-7wi-fi 23, 381Willie Clancy Irish Summer
School 264winter solstice 164woodcarving 300
YYeats’ grave 299Yeats Memorial Building 296Yeats, WB 296, 299Youghal 154, 159, 208
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CATHERINE LE NEVEZ
Catherine’s wanderlust kicked in when she roadtripped across Europe aged four. She’s been hitting the road at every opportunity since, completing her Doctorate of Creative Arts in Writing, Masters in Professional Writing, and post-graduate qualifications in editing and publishing along the way. Catherine’s Celtic connections include Irish and Breton heritage, and a love of Guinness. She’s travelled extensively throughout every county in the Emerald Isle, which she’s covered over the past decade-plus for numerous Lonely Planet articles and guides.
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FIONN DAVENPORT
Irish by birth and conviction, Fionn has been writing about his native country for more than two decades. He’s come and gone over the years, pulled abroad to escape Dublin’s comfortable stasis and by the promise of adventure, but it has cemented his belief that Ireland remains his favourite place to visit, if not always live in. These days, he has a weekly commute home to Dublin from Manchester, where he lives with his partner Laura and their car Trevor. In Dublin he presents Inside Culture on RTE Radio 1 and writes travel features for a host of publications, including The Irish Times.
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ISABEL ALBISTON
After growing up near Belfast, Isabel spent the next 15 years travelling and living all over the world. She has written for newspapers and magazines while based in London, Sydney and Buenos Aires; she has also worked on Lonely Planet titles such as Borneo and Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. But it’s in coming home that she’s been able to fully appreciate this beautiful corner of the world, from the bracing breezes of the Atlantic coast to the warmth of its cosy pubs.
OUR STORYA beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end –
broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies. Lonely Planet was born.
Today, Lonely Planet has offices in Franklin, London, Melbourne, Oakland, Dublin, Beijing, and Delhi, with more than 600 staff and writers. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook should do three things: inform, educate and amuse’.
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