Activities in Ireland
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Northern Ireland including Giant's Causeway Rail Tour from Dublin
13 hours (Departs Dublin, Ireland)
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Sit back and relax on this combined rail and coach day trip from Dublin to Northern Ireland. With all your travel arrangements organized for you, you'll see…Not LP reviewed
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Narosa Life
Offers surf lessons, yoga and fitness classes, as well as guided walks of Muckish Mountain and Horn Head.
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Original Belfast Black Taxi Tours
Black-taxi tours of West Belfast's murals - known locally as the 'bombs and bullets' or 'doom and gloom' tours - are being offered by an increasing number of taxi companies and local cabbies. These can vary in quality and content, but in general they're an intimate and entertaining way to see the sights and can be customised to suit your own interests. There are also historical taxi tours of the city centre.
For a one-hour tour expect to pay around £25 total for one or two people, and around £8 per person for three to six. Call and they will pick you up anywhere in the city centre. A recommended company is Original Belfast Black Taxi Tours.
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Jampa Ling Buddhist Centre
If you’re on a quest for enlightenment, or just seeking some time out, the Jampa Ling Buddhist Centre, in a beautiful country setting, is peace on earth. Jampa Ling, meaning ‘Place of Infinite Loving Kindness’, offers courses, retreats and workshops (about €45 to €60 per day, €215 to €275 per weekend) on Buddhist teachings, philosophy, meditation, yoga, and medicinal and culinary herbs. Though you don’t have to take part in a course to stay here, accommodation may not be available if there is an event on. All meals, which are included in the day courses and for overnight guests, are vegetarian.
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Donegal Bay Waterbus
The most enjoyable way to explore the highlights of Donegal Bay is to take a 1¼-hour boat tour taking in everything from historic sites to seal-inhabited coves, admiring an island manor and a ruined castle along the way. The tour runs up to three times daily.
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Melt
A full range of massage techniques – from Swedish to shiatsu and many more in between – are doled out by expert practitioners at Melt, aka the Temple Bar Healing Centre. Also available are a host of other left-of-centre healing techniques, including acupuncture, Reiki and polarity therapy. It's all very alternative, but the touchy-feely vibe never obscures the fact that these folks really know what they're doing. They have also set up shop in the Westin
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Connemara and Galway Bay Rail Tour from Dublin
14 hours (Departs Dublin, Ireland)
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Leave Dublin for the day and take a coach and rail tour to Connemara and Galway. You'll travel through breathtaking Irish scenery, pass by stunning Kylemore…Not LP reviewed
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Doolin Cave
The Doolin area is popular with cavers. A little over 1km north of Roadford you’ll find Doolin Cave, which boasts an enormous stalactite that looks like a giant squid. The main entrance is at the Fisherstreet Potholes; tour times vary by season.
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Viking Splash Tours
Go on, what’s the big deal? You stick a plastic Viking’s helmet on your head and yell ‘yay’ at the urging of your guide, but the upshot is you’ll get a 1¼-hour semi-amphibious tour that ends up in the Grand Canal Dock. ‘Strictly for tourists’ seems so…superfluous.
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City Tours
Runs one-hour Historic Derry walking tours starting from Carlisle Stores at 10:00, noon and 14:00 year-round and costing £4/£2 per adult/child. There are also tours of the Bogside and of Derry's murals.
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Listowel Golf Course
Listowel Golf Course, on the banks of the River Feale, is about 2km west of the centre off the N69 to Tarbert. You can also walk through Childers Park and the 'Garden of Europe' to get there.
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Oceanics
Besides lessons, it organises surf parties.
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Doolin Ferry
Doolin Ferry.
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Phil's Walking Tours of Ardmore
Tours led by an archaeologist explore ruins in and around town.
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Lakeside Holiday Park
Besides lakeside camping, this private park rents out a range of watercraft including kayaks and rowboats. The placid waters of Lough Derg are ideal for a day exploring the shore.
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Limerick, Cliffs of Moher, Burren and Galway Bay Rail Tour from Dublin
15 hours (Departs Dublin, Ireland)
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Explore Ireland's west coast highlights on a coach and rail day trip from Dublin to the wild Cliffs of Moher, the Burren and picturesque Galway…Not LP reviewed
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Biddy Early Brewery
A splendid antidote to Ireland’s dismal beer scene (yeah, we know about Guinness but what about some variety, huh?) can be found right at the intersection of the Ennistymon (N85) and the Kilfenora (R481) roads in Inagh, 16km northeast of Ennis. Biddy Early Brewery is a rarity for the Emerald Isle: a great microbrewery serving its own range of beers. The Black Biddy Irish Stout recalls every bit of bold flavour that’s been mass-marketed out of the corporate stouts. All beers are made with natural ingredients and there’s often seasonal specials like Buzzy Biddy, an organic honey beer perfect for long summer nights. Enjoy a pint in the airy pub or outside at tables;…
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3-Day Cork, Blarney Castle, Ring of Kerry and Cliffs of Moher Rail Trip
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From Cork and Blarney Castle to the Ring of Kerry and Cliffs of Moher, you'll see the best of Ireland's west and south-west on this leisurely three-day rail and…Not LP reviewed
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Old Bushmills Distillery
Bushmills is the world's oldest legal distillery, having been granted a licence by King James I in 1608. Bushmills whiskey is made with Irish barley and water from St Columb's Rill, a tributary of the River Bush, and matured in oak barrels. During ageing, the alcohol content drops from around 60% to 40%; the spirit lost through evaporation is known, rather sweetly, as 'the angels' share'. After a tour of the distillery you're rewarded with a free sample (or a soft drink), and four lucky volunteers get a whiskey-tasting session to compare Bushmills with other brands.
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Dingle Boatmen's Association
In the early 1980s, Dingle fishing crews began to notice a solitary bottlenose dolphin that followed their vessels, jumped about in the water and sometimes leapt over smaller boats. When an American tourist offered to pay a boatman to take him to visit the large, friendly dolphin, an industry was born. Eleven boats now go out every day in the summer, and the Dingle dolphin is an international celebrity.
Boats leave the pier daily year-round for one-hour dolphin-spotting trips; call Dingle Boatmen's Association. It's free if Fungie doesn't show, but he usually does. The association also runs a daily two-hour boat trip for enthusiasts who want to swim with Fungie.
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Wild Wicklow Tour including Glendalough from Dublin
8 hours 30 minutes (Departs Dublin, Ireland)
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The Wild Wicklow Tour from Dublin is the perfect introduction to Wicklow's untamed landscapes. On this Wicklow day tour you'll explore ancient monastic ruins at…Not LP reviewed
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Castle Archdale Country Park
This park has pleasant woodland and lakeshore walks and cycle tracks in the former estate of 18th-century Archdale Manor. The island-filled bay was used in WWII as a base for Catalina flying boats, a history explained in the visitor centre. You can hire bikes for £4/8/12 per hour/ half-day/full-day, or swap two wheels for four legs – the park offers pony trekking (£15 per hour), as well as short rides (£5 per 15 minutes) for beginners. There are also boats for hire (£55/80 per half-day/full-day), and you can also rent fishing rods (£5 per day including bait). The park is 16km northwest of Enniskillen on the B82, near Lisnarick.
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Official Black Taxi Tours
Black-taxi tours of West Belfast's murals - known locally as the 'bombs and bullets' or 'doom and gloom' tours - are being offered by an increasing number of taxi companies and local cabbies. These can vary in quality and content, but in general they're an intimate and entertaining way to see the sights and can be customised to suit your own interests. There are also historical taxi tours of the city centre.
For a one-hour tour expect to pay around £25 total for one or two people, and around £8 per person for three to six. Call and they will pick you up anywhere in the city centre. A recommended company is Official Black Taxi Tours.
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Harpers Taxi Tours
Black-taxi tours of West Belfast's murals - known locally as the 'bombs and bullets' or 'doom and gloom' tours - are being offered by an increasing number of taxi companies and local cabbies. These can vary in quality and content, but in general they're an intimate and entertaining way to see the sights and can be customised to suit your own interests. There are also historical taxi tours of the city centre.
For a one-hour tour expect to pay around £25 total for one or two people, and around £8 per person for three to six. Call and they will pick you up anywhere in the city centre. A recommended company is Harpers Taxi Tours.
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Skip the Line: Guinness Storehouse Entrance Ticket
Flexible (Departs Dublin, Ireland)
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Book your Skip the Line: Guinness Storehouse Entrance Ticket now and your ticket will be pre-booked and pre-paid, for a fast, hassle-free entry into Ireland's…Not LP reviewed
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Northern Ireland including Giant's Causeway Rail Tour from Dublin
13 hours (Departs Dublin, Ireland)
by Viator
Sit back and relax on this combined rail and coach day trip from Dublin to Northern Ireland. With all your travel arrangements organized for you, you'll see…Not LP reviewed
from USD$146.14