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INTRODUCTION: WHY WE GO TO IRELAND— a  Green as emeralds? White as potatoes? Golden at the rainbow’s end? Orange in the northeast? Home both to the wee people and the Giants’ Causeway. Ireland is 1/6 part of Britain and 5/6 part of the New Europe. The Irish economy, still tied to thatched cottage farmsteads, now also has a hi-tech cottage industry. Gaelic traditions, British dominations, and American relations all continue to work their considerable influence. Social life here revolves at least as much around the congregation at the pub as around the mob at the church. Irish sport is best known for racehorses and hurling, but visitors will remember its excellent fishing, fine walking, and world-class golf. The contradictions and variety that make up the unique Irish temperament are to be seen everywhere in the Irish culture. Wonderfully, this special character is best enjoyed in Ireland where the landscape is as varied and different and grand as its people. |
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This is Ireland's heartland, home of our most popular Irish program, in Counties Tipperary
and Clare, the geographic center of the Republic of Ireland. This central location is
ideal for exploring the most of Ireland in a series of day trips from your cottage. This
is our fully serviced program
area in Ireland—especially valuable for first-time visitors—providing airport
hotel overnight to Full Package arriving guests, as well as Orientation in Tipperary, a
guided outing, a lively Irish dinner party, and full-time back-up and support staff. With
the scenery, the culture, and all the adventure come the help and support of our
professional on-site team, who will welcome you and provide you with Orientation in
Tipperary, lead you on a special group outing, and host you at a lively Irish dinner. . |
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On County Cork's south coast you are close to some of Ireland's most varied and dramatic scenery, from the placid bay at Youghal to the rugged mountains and headlands of the Beara Peninsula. Opportunities for golf, hiking, fishing, touring, and fine eating abound in the southern quarter of the Emerald Isle. Our County Cork locations (east, central, and west) are picturesque, convenient bases for exploring Ireland's south from the castles and crystal of Kilkenny and Waterford to the famed touring rings of the Kerry and Dingle peninsulas. |
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| The northwest coast offers some of Ireland's most spectacular scenery: the mountainous coastal peninsulas jutting into the Atlantic. Links golf, fine fishing, top-notch touring, and excellent eating make this least visited corner of the Irish Republic an undiscovered treasure. Our cottages are located near the county towns of Donegal and Sligo, convenient touring centers for exploring the rugged and rural counties of Ireland's northwestern quarter—from Galway and Mayo through Sligo to Donegal and across the border into western Northern Ireland. | |
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There's more remarkable scenery here on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland: the rugged shoreline of the Giant's Causeway looking northeast toward Scotland. As always, challenging links golf, fresh- and saltwater fishing, touring, and excellent eating are main attractions in this corner of the Emerald Isle which is part of the United Kingdom. Our County Antrim & County Londonderry villages are pretty coastal towns convenient for exploring the far north of Ireland. |
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