"'What fine weather you've brought,' marvelled the old-timer. A friendly cliche anywhere else, but on the little ferry to Ireland's fabled Aran Islands his words sounded almost literal, as if I might have magically broken the spell of winter and..."
The Best Travel Writing About Ireland: Page 3 of 7
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The Aran Islands
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Jeremy Seal
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Ireland
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Galway, Mayo & Connemara
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Galway
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Ballinasloe Horse Fair
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Clover Hughes
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Ireland
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Northwest (Donegal & Sligo)
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Ballinasloe
"There are few sights more romantic than that of a brightly coloured gypsy wagon pulled onto a narrow verge, with a glossy piebald horse tethered nearby, and the smoke from a campfire snaking into the dusky twilight. I fell in love with this image..."
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Music in Ireland
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Jasper Winn
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Ireland
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Northwest (Donegal & Sligo)
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Donegal and around
"Music has a strong hold on Ireland, perhaps because a songline runs through the geography and the history of the country. It would be possible to drive any circuitous route you liked from the north of Donegal to the southernmost tip of Cork and, as..."
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Galway, Ireland, Oyster Festival
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Maureen Barry
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Ireland
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Galway, Mayo & Connemara
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Galway
"Galway, Ireland, Oyster Festival, third weekend in September, for the craic. Join the Irish in a four-day thrash of seafood consumption, Guinness swigging and general revelry, with an oyster-opening competition down on the quays as a good excuse..."
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Dublin - A grouch on St Patricks Day
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Anthony Healy
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Ireland
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East Coast Ireland
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Dublin
"Don’t get me wrong, I love Dublin. I love the way one can walk around the city. I love the fact that people still talk to one as if one is a human being. Dublin has its attractions. The National Museum is a must-see; it has more gold in it than any..."
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Castle Leslie
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John Borthwick
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Ireland
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East Coast Ireland
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Glaslough
"Castle Leslie knows how to keep a secret. The Leslie family, who have lived for 350 years on the beautiful shores of Glaslough, Ireland, don't boast too much about "celebrity" guests who stay at their 70-room castle. With a family tree that..."
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Rathcoursey House
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Kate Morris
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Ireland
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Southwest (Kerry & Cork)
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Cork
"About 30km east of Cork city, overlooking the East Ferry anchorage, is the best bed and breakfast you are ever likely to stay in. Rathcoursey House, a small Georgian manor, is surrounded by dense woods and a long bumpy track leads up to it from the..."
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Lismore Castle
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Anthony Healy
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Ireland
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Galway, Mayo & Connemara
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Lismore
"The Duke of Devonshire’s Irish home in County Waterford is built on the Blackwater River. It seems to rise out of the river itself, a fairytale castle, built for an Errol Flynn sword fight. You’d need a heart of stone to miss the romance and faded..."
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Brownes Dublin
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Angela Moore
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Ireland
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East Coast Ireland
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Dublin
"Brownes is on the verge, possibly, of being Dublin’s best townhouse hotel. It has been taken over by the Stein Group, who own the exquisite Durley House in London and a stylish stable of hotels in Spain. They are planning a complete overhaul of the..."
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A Train Ride Through History
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Tina Walsh
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Ireland
"From the platform at Derry train station, you can see the whole of the city laid out in front of you. One of the best-preserved walled cities in Western Europe, Derry in Northern Ireland can also lay claim to hosting the longest siege in British..."
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