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The Best Travel Writing About Ireland
In addition to our collection of fabulous hotels - and their equally fabulous reviews - Travel Intelligence is built upon some of the finest travel writing on the web. So, to find a range of travel writing about Ireland and general Ireland travel tips, you just need to browse the selection of travel articles below...
Articles about Ireland
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Craic Division: Four of the Most Stylish St. Patrick’s Day Hotels
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JB Cooper
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Ireland
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East Coast Ireland
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Dublin
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Pirate Island, Off The West Coast of Cork
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Anthony Toole
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Ireland
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Southwest (Kerry & Cork)
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County Cork
"As we stepped onto the pier and turned to watch the boat chug away on its 10-minute journey back to Baltimore, I felt marooned. The feeling became more acute when I noticed that most of the dozen or so passengers who had accompanied us on the..."
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Mystical Waters and Canal Cruising along the Shannon-Erne Waterways
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Vourneen Taylor
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Ireland
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East Coast Ireland
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Dublin
"Curious swans welcome us aboard our rented six-berth luxury cruiser named Caprice Number 15. Their pristine white feathers are jewelled by beads of water from the Shannon River. Once on board, we excitedly run from bedroom to bathroom opening..."
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Mullaghmore Monster Surf
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Alf Alderson
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Ireland
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Clare & Limerick
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Mullaghmore
"Last winter waves smashed into Ireland’s west coast which were so immense that TV and radio channels warned people to stay away from the beach. So it was only natural that a handful of surfers should do the complete opposite and head straight out..."
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Irish Whiskey Making
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Matt Morley
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Ireland
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Southwest (Kerry & Cork)
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County Cork
"We visited an old Jameson distillery in County Cork, Ireland to learn what makes Irish whiskey in different from the rest. First of all, there is the question of how the word itself is written - with or without the second ‘e’. In..."
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Detox, Donegal style
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Jini Reddy
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Ireland
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Northwest (Donegal & Sligo)
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Donegal and around
"A windswept corner in County Donegal in the north west of Ireland might not strike one as the ideal backdrop for an adventure spa – the weather is fickle – but a 42-year-old Irishman, Aidan Boyle, is giving it a whirl. If anyone can make it work..."
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Standing stones in a land of legend
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Anthony Toole
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Ireland
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Clare & Limerick
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Ballyvaughan
"Locked between Galway Bay and the Shannon estuary, County Clare stands as one of the rocky West Coast buttresses, shielding the boggy central plains of Ireland from the ferocity of Atlantic storms. The most prominent bulwark consists of the Cliffs..."
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On the trail of the Killarney copper mines
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Anthony Toole
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Ireland
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Southwest (Kerry & Cork)
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Killarney
"The placid waters of Lough Leane and the quiet isolation of Ross Island, Killarney, seem far removed from the bustle of an industrial cauldron. Yet over several periods during the past 4000 years, the background hum of engines, the staccato crack of..."
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Outrageous Behaviour at Castle Leslie
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Gillian Ivory
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Ireland
"A generous fire is crackling in the huge old fireplace in the entrance hall - it’s a welcoming scene on a fairly dull Irish winter’s evening in County Monaghan. Castle Leslie has no reception desk, the first declaration that this is..."
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The Gift of the Gab
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Alf Alderson
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Ireland
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Southwest (Kerry & Cork)
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Great Blasket Island
"Hop aboard a ferry at rugged little Dunquin Harbour, bob the three miles across the deep blue waters of Blasket Sound, clamber up the rocky harbour steps, and you’re on Great Blasket Island, wandering around the roofless, tumbledown buildings that..."
