Catalog: Touring Ireland by Car
Company/Brand: Car Rental Council of Ireland
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touring ideas these suggested self-drive tours are intended to help you get the most from your motoring holiday in ireland distances given are approximate and are exclusive of detours tours give an indication of start and finish points for each day but you can decide to overnight at any of the towns you pass through and be certain of finding comfortable accommodation good food and a warm welcome visit www.discoverireland.com for further information on what to see do why not call into one of the tourist information offices located throughout the country just look out for the symbol tour of ...

after which you might want to go for a mid morning stroll to the phoenix park it s one of the largest city parks in the world and is home to the president of ireland the phoenix park visitor centre and dublin zoo afternoon north of dublin time to leave the city centre and drive north out to clontarf r105 to the bram stoker experience you can take the heart pounding journey through castle dracula and watch the terrifying enactments creating the unique and spine chilling story of count dracula and his victims clontarf is approximately 3.8 miles from the city centre and should take you just under ...

cluster of old houses and is also home to the irish fly fishing museum the only one of its kind in ireland picking up the heritage trail signs again in durrow continue on to ballinakill an example of a 7th century market town ballinakill is home to the beautiful heywood garden completed in 1912 by sir edward lutyens the delightful walled enclosure consists of lawns lakes trees hedges pools and much more to surprise and enchant the visitor from ballinakill the heritage trail will take you to the heritage town of abbeyleix regarded as a fine example of a planned estate town abbeyleix was established ...

this tour starts from cork city in south west ireland and follows the southern coastline to where west cork reaches out into the atlantic at least two overnight stops are recommended so you can fully appreciate the variety to be found along this scenic route from cork city take the road to cork airport n27 and continue to the charming fishing harbour of kinsale r600 famous for its 17th century battle between english irish and spanish armies the old fortifications of charles fort and james fort guard the narrow entrance to kinsale from the sea and are full of interest desmond castle dates back ...

the next village is tuamgraney with a small castle and church people have worshipped there for more than a thousand years in the 1990s the local community repaired and refurbished part of the church to add an exhibition and heritage centre a right turn just after the church leads down to a little harbour on the edge of the scarriff river where lake barges used to discharge their cargoes in the old days scarriff less than 3kms from tuamgraney is a busy centre it is worth a stop to visit the exceptional stores offering an amazing variety of food the road runs close to the lake to mountshannon one ...