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Posted: 4/29/2009 5:46:34 AM | | take a city tour bus but make sure that it is a live commentary ie the driver and not a computorised one l went on the green and cream coloured ones and laughed the whole way round brill. | |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 5:50:07 AM | | the Dingle Peminsula the views are spectacular and the road narrow and terrifiying lol The Burren which is very like the west coast of Scotland but when l saw it and it was pouring | |
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| Ireland?
Posted: 4/29/2009 12:33:09 PM | | I'm considering doing a tour of Ireland. I've read mixed reviews of the paddy wagon. Some people seem to love it others loathed it. It does seem good vaule for what they offer. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2009 6:46:37 AM | | I have to laugh at how many people mention the temple bar! That was the first place I went to when I arrived in Dublin & seems to be the most popular for tourists, Macrawdaddy i think it is was another good club that we went to. I highly recommend Paddywagon tours if you want to travel around without the hassel of organising a lot. However be prepared to end up being hungover a lot (ahhh great times!) Make sure to get down to Galway if you can it's amazing! Ireland is the greatest I wanna live there! | |
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Posted: 5/17/2009 4:11:29 AM | Wow, great info on Ireland...I very much would love to visit but I've heared that locals are quite racist towards non-caucasian foreigners. Is this true? If I (filipina) went there with my Pakistani friend, would he and I be treated poorly? He's told me on a handful of occasions having been verbally and physically harassed walking past irish pubs in his hometown of Manchester. Not that it would deter me, it just has me slightly worried.
If he was harassed in Manchester wouldn't that imply that English people are racist??? Ireland and England are very different places (I have lived in both). I really don't think you'll have any problems of that nature if you visit - Dublin was recently voted the friendliest city in Europe (by tourists of all nationalities).
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Posted: 5/22/2009 9:16:55 PM | I lived in Dublin & Galway for a year in 05. @ the time for St Paddy's Day I lived and worked in Dublin, I packed up and went to Galway. Absolutely fantastic place. Stay at the Claddagh Hostel while you are there, its right next to Eyre Square. I stayed here when I first got there, definitely a great place. Tried a few others and ended up coming back here after going to them. Dave, the part owner, also has a hostel out on the Aran Islands which is awesome too for a day or so. In Galway they have a parade on St Paddy's day and its a blast. Get some sleep the night before, you will definitely need it. The city is small enough that you can walk pretty much anywhere, the Róisín Dubh is a great little bar close by and they used to have Comedians every Wed. Around the corner from Roaches Dept Store/Eyre Square there is a small place called the "Hole In The Wall" where it is a small dive bar but they have cheap drinks. Good if you don't like spending 5-7Eur for a pint of Guinness. Tip, try Beamish if they have it, its cheaper. ;-)
If you go out to the Aran Islands (BEAUTIFUL) check out the Black Fort, you can walk there in about 30 minutes and its basically on the cliffs of the island, wonderful place to clear your mind. Esp with a hangover.
You can do Dublin in a day or two, Brewery is an hour or so, and St Patrick's Cathedral is a nice view. I recommend checking out the Temple Bar area and walk up Grafton St. past Trinity College on your way to St Stephens Green. You can stop in at Trinity College and check it out or you can continue up to St Stephens Green, walking up Grafton here it is foot traffic only and is really cool with innovative Busker's. Jacob's Inn is a good Hostel and is right by the Quay's. Avalon House is alright as well and is further south along Camden(Aungier) Street. Travel within Ireland is usually only a few hours with the island not being huge. The Bus is a great way to travel and is right next to Jacob's Inn Hostel in Dublin.
One of the things that is hard to grasp about Ireland are the street naming conventions. A road can, and usually will, change its name every few blocks. A Map will be extremely handy, and everything is related around the Liffey with the Quay's being the roads along the Liffey.
Cork was alright, i didn't spend enough time there to really talk about it.
Belfast was really interesting, and you get to see the Giant's Causeway up there.
If I had to recommend 9 days worth of time I would say:
1 Day Dublin
1 Day Cork (Blarney Castle is cool looking, worth a stop on the way to Galway.)
2-3 Days Galway (Make 1 of em St. Paddy's Day)
1-2 Days Aran Islands
1-2 Days Belfast (see the Giant's Causeway for sure)
1 Day Dublin on your way to fly out.
If you are able to make your flights to Shannon its closer to Galway and you could arrange your trip in a different sequence, but I would keep the amount of days the same. Again this is just my preference.
Joe
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Posted: 7/14/2009 11:45:05 PM | | Belfast, the glens of antrim, Galway, cliffs of moher. You can take a train anywhere, not fast but will get you there. | |
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Posted: 7/16/2009 6:35:08 AM | StenaLine & Irish ferries are companies I've used. I live in England and quite a few times have gone through to fishguard(wales) to get the ferry to Rosslare which is a port in the south east of ireland.
Google both companies, their sites are quite easy to use and full of info. | |
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Posted: 7/17/2009 11:41:20 PM | | I would love to go also please give me the best advice and is it safe to go alone? | |
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Posted: 7/18/2009 2:04:49 PM | i have been there on a day trip
we went past the famous wool shop near dublin, passed Bono's "house" aherm. castle! and i bought a guinness t - shirt (ofcourse), i had hurt my ankle a day or two before going so didn't really enjoy it as much as i would have otherwise.. the weather was fine - we went in june.
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Posted: 7/20/2009 2:32:51 AM | | Dublin is not too far from the Wicklow Trail. If you go, check out the Tower of Glendalough at St. Kevin's. | |
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Posted: 10/30/2009 11:00:27 AM | Far of the West Coast of Ireland is a place seldom visited called Tirnanog.
It is a magical place with beautiful buildings and castles and a very hospitable people.
There are lots of places to stay and plenty of seafood bars and lamb and venison in abundance.
Unlike Ireland potatoes have never taken on so bread not unlike French baguettes are eaten along with Atlantic olives , basking sharks and a delicacy made from seaweed is common.
There are few distractions other than the beauty of the islands and the seabirds and the crashing waves.
One way flights can be arranged from Galway, Knock and Derry airports. Most people misjudge how long they want to stay so it is better to arrange a oneway flight and arrange a return usually a lot longer than anticipated but it is well worth the journey.
Try Ossiantravel or Embarrtravel of Sligo and Dublin for enquiries. | |
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Posted: 10/30/2009 11:07:47 AM | Advice for the men.
Dublin girls are very pretty to see but all the real crackers and head turners are Polish girls from Warsaw and Krackow nowadays.
If you want to see really authentic beautiful Irish women you cant beat Belfast where their eyes shine like diamonds. | |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:21:34 PM | | I wasn't much impressed with Dublin and am with the others who say to see other parts of the country. One or two days at most would be enough for me, as far as seeing Dublin. The rest of the country is interesting and parts of it very stunning and beautiful. | |
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Posted: 11/3/2009 12:39:58 PM | | I agree--- don't spend your whole trip in Dublin! A day or two at best. The ONLY thing I remember about it at all was the Guiness brewery and that it was a very dirty city. See as much countryside as possible. The pubs are JUST as you imagine them---the singing, the friendliness, the drunkeness... ;) Fun. Must kiss the Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle! They pretty much almost hang you upside down to do it... The Shannon River is beautiful. We stayed on riverboats overnight while there! Find some day tours you can take if your hub is Dublin. You'll be sorry if you never get out of the city. You'll miss most of the "magic" of Ireland. Wish I was going again... | |
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