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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSClimate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated

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THIS BOOKThis 11th edition of Lonely Planet’s Ireland guidebook was researched and written by Fionn Davenport, Catherine Le Nevez, Josephine Quintero, Ryan Ver Berkmoes and Neil Wilson. This guidebook was commissioned in Lonely Planet’s London office, and produced by the following:

Commissioning Editor Clifton WilkinsonCoordinating Editors Gina Tsarouhas, Tasmin WabySenior Cartographer Jennifer Johnston

Coordinating Layout Designer Wibowo RusliManaging Editors Bruce Evans, Annelies Mertens, Martine PowerManaging Layout Designer Jane HartAssisting Editors Judith Bamber, Michelle Bennett, Elin Berglund, Janice Bird, Penny Cordner, Elizabeth Jones, Alan Murphy, Charlotte Orr, Gabrielle Stefanos, Fionnuala TwomeyAssisting Cartographers Julie Dodkins, Rachel Imeson, Jackson James, Drishya Liji, Anoop Shetty

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Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

AAasleagh Waterfall 407Abbeyleix 486-7Abbeyshrule 511accommodation 698-9Achill Island 424-7, 426-7activities 37-44, see also

individual activities Adams, Gerry 578, 679,

680Adare 320-1Adare Castle 320adventure centres 41, 455,

511, 531, 541, 604Aghadoe 276Aillwee Caves 368 air travel 706, 708alcohol 45-50, 681-2Allihies 260All-Ireland Finals 31An Droichead 580Anglo-Irish Treaty 675,

676animals 691-3, 700Annagassan 539Annascaul 292Annestown 186Antrim, County 631-46,

614-15climate 613highlights 614-15

Antrim Town 646Aran artisans 387Aran Islands 385-96, 26,

394-5Ardara 460-1Ardfert 307Ardmore 190-1Ards Peninsula 591-4area codes 21Armada shipwreck 617Armagh City 608-11, 609

Armagh, County 55, 606-12, 587

climate 586highlights 587

Arranmore Island 463Ashford Castle 413Ashtown Castle 87Askeaton 319Athassel Priory 327-8Athenry 409Athlone 508-10Athlone Castle 24, 508,

504-5Atlantic Way 424Aughnanure Castle 397Avoca 154-5Avondale House 153

BBallina 345-6, 430-1Ballina Salmon Festival 430Ballinamore 511 Ballinasloe 410-11Ballingarry 322Ballitore 160Ballon 195-6Ballybunion 308Ballybunion Bachelor

Festival 309Ballybunion Castle 309Ballycarbery Castle & Ring

Forts 281-2Ballycastle

Mayo, County 428-9 Antrim, County 636-8

Ballyconneely 402Ballycroy National Park 427Ballydavid 301Ballyferriter 300Ballyjamesduff 545Ballyknocken House &

Cookery School 152Ballyliffin 479Ballymacarbry 193Ballymacgibbon Cairn 417Ballymaloe House 232

Ballyquin Beach 190Baltimore 245-6Bamboo Park 257Banagher 493-4Bangor 588-9Bangor Erris 427-8Bangor Trail 427banshees 437Bantry 250-2Barleycove 249-50Barna Woods 399Barryscourt Castle 230-1Battle of Boyne Site 521-2Battle of Kinsale 671beaches, see also individual

beachesClare, County 352, 355,

368Connemara Peninsula

406Donegal, County 453,

470, 479Galway, County 400, 402Kerry, County 299-300,

309Mayo, County 417, 423,

425, 429-30Beamish & Crawford

Brewery 218Beara Peninsula (Ring of

Beara) 256-9, 257, 34Beara Way 258, 39BeatlesFest on the Lough

483beers 50, see also breweriesBelfast 55, 551-85, 552,

556-9, 568-9, 562-3accommodation 551,

572-4calendar of events 92-3 climate 551drinking & nightlife 577-9emergency 582entertainment 579-81food 551, 574-7gay & lesbian

travellers 579

highlights 552history 553medical services 582murals 560-1planning 553, 582-3shopping 581-5sights 554-70sports 581transport 583-5

Belfast Book Festival 571Belfast Festival at Queen’s

31, 572Belfast Film Festival 571Belfast Marathon 571Belfast Maritime Festival 571Belfast Pride 571Bell Harbour 370 Belleek 658Belturbet 545Belvedere House & Gardens

511Bennettsbridge 210-11Bessbrook 607Bird, Wallis 686birdwatching 44, 691-2

Clare, County 368Cork, County 247Fermanagh, County 656Howth 134Kerry, County 284Louth, County 541Offaly, County 498Westmeath, County 510Wexford, County 169,

172, 173Wicklow, County 137

Birr 490-2Birr Castle Demesne 490Birr Vintage Week and Arts

Festival 491Bishop’s Palace 180Black Abbey 203Blacksod 428Blarney Castle 228Blasket Islands 300Blessington 150-1

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Bloody Foreland 466Bloody Sunday Inquiry 626Bloomsday 30, 102Blue Ball 498Boa Island 657-8boat travel 706-7, 708, 707

Baltimore 245Beara Peninsula 257canals 490, 503Cork 232Cork, County 259Dingle Peninsula 292Dublin 130Fermanagh, County

650, 659Galway, County 373, 389,

399, 407Grand Canal 490Kerry, County 309Kinsale 234Lough Erne 658Mayo, County 413Rosslare Harbour 170Wateford-Wexford 184

Bog of Allen 158Bog of Allen Nature Centre

157Bogside Artists, the 624-5Bolton Library 326Bono 685Book of Kells 76books 666, 669, 687-9Booley Bay 172border crossings 708-9Borris 196Botanic Gardens, Belfast

566-7, 563 Boyle 499Boyle Abbey 500Boyle Arts Festival 499Brandon 302Brandon Regatta 302Brandon Way 213breweries

Beamish & Crawford Brewery 218

Dingle Brewing Company 24, 292

Franciscan Well Brewery 225

Guinness Storehouse 72-4

Brigit’s Garden 397Brittas Bay 151Brow Head 249Browne’s Hill Dolmen 195Brú na Bóinne 515-21, 14,

517-18planning 520

budgeting 20-1Bull Ring 163Buncrana 477-9,478Bundoran 454-6, 42Bunratty 344-5Bunratty Castle & Folk

Park 344-5Burren 359-61, 359Burrishoole Abbey 423Burtonport 462-3Bushmills 633-4business hours 21, 703Butlersbridge 544

CCaherciveen 281-2Caherciveen Festival of

Music & the Arts 282Caherconnell Fort 366Caherdaniel 286-7Cahir 328-9Cahir Castle 328canals 490, 503canoeing 41

Ardmore 190Down, County 604Fermanagh, County 659Galway, County 407Kildare, County 156Midlands, The 493Waterford, County 184

Cape Clear Island 246-7 Cappoquin 191Cappoquin House and

Gardens 191Captain Webb’s Hole 417car hire 709car travel 709-10 Carlingford 540-4Carlingford Oyster Festival

541Carlow 160Carlow Castle 194Carlow, County 193-7,

164-5climate 162highlights 164-5

Carlow County Museum 194

Carlow Town 193-5Carna 400Carnbane 530-1Carndonagh 480Carne 171Carnivan beaches 173Carraroe 400Carrick 457-8Carrick-a-Rede (rope

bridge) 635-6, 17

Carrickashane Mountain 148

Carrickfergus 644-6Carrickfergus Castle 645Carrickmacross 549-50Carrick-on-Shannon 503-7Carrick-on-Suir 334Carrigaholt 354Carron 367Carrowmore 418Carrowmore Megalithic

Cemetery 437-8Carrownisky 418Cashel 323-8Cashel Folk Village 326Castle Archdale Country

Park 657Castle Coole 653 Castle Durrow 487Castle Leslie 548Castlebar 431-2Castlebellingham 539Castlecomer 214Castledermot 161Castlegregory 303Castlemaine 291-3Castlereagh, Lord 593castles 17

Adare Castle 320Ashford Castle 413Ashtown Castle 87Athlone Castle 24, 508,

504-5Aughnanure Castle 397Ballybunion Castle 309Ballycarbery Castle &

Ring Forts 281-2 Barryscourt Castle 230-1Birr Castle Demesne 490Blarney Castle 228Bunratty Castle & Folk

Park 344-5Cahir Castle 328Carlow Castle 194Carrickfergus Castle 645Castle Coole 653Castle Durrow 487Castle Leslie 548Castle Ward Estate 598 Charleville Castle 497Clonony Castle 494Corr Castle 134Crom Castle 656Cromwell’s Castle 493Desmond Castle 234Donegal Castle 450Dublin Castle 66-7Dundrum Castle 601Dungarvan Castle 187

Dunguaire Castle 408Dunluce Castle 633Dunsany Castle 526Dunseverick Castle

631, 635Enniscorthy Castle 176Enniskillen Castle 650Gallarus Castle 301Glenveagh Castle 474Grace’s Castle 203Granuaile’s Castle 419Grennan Castle 212Hillsborough Castle 590Howth Castle 133-4Johnstown Castle &

Gardens 168-9Kanturk Castle 262Kilkenny Castle 198-9,

200-01King John’s Castle

(Limerick) 311-14 King John’s Castle

(Louth) 540Knappogue Castle 343Lea Castle 489-90Leap Castle 491Lismore Castle 192Listowel Castle 308Lynch’s Castle 376Maynooth Castle 156Ormond Castle 334Parke’s Castle 507Portumna Castle &

Gardens 411Rockfleet Castle 423Roscommon Castle 502Roscrea Castle 334Ross Castle 271Slane Castle 522Trim Castle 526

Castletownbere 259-60Castletown House 159Castlewellan 601Cathedral of Christ the

King 511Cathedral of the

Assumption 194Cathedral Quarter Arts

Festival 29, 571cathedrals, see churches &

cathedralsCauseway Coast Way 17,

631, 636-7Cavan, County 55, 542-7,

516-17climate 514highlights 516-17

cavesAillwee Caves 368Cong caves 417

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caves continuedCrag Cave 306-7Cushendun caves 642Dunmore Cave 214Marble Arch Caves 660-1Mitchelstown Caves 329

Céide Fields 429cell phones 20, 704Celtic Tiger 676-80cemeteries

Abbeystrewery Cemetery 244

Ballitore Quaker cemetery 160

Burrishoole Abbey 423Callan Famine

Graveyard 210Carrowmore Megalithic

Cemetery 437-8Cavan Town 543Glasnevin Cemetery 98Huguenot Cemetery 70Monasterboice 538 Nendrum Monastic

Site 595 Riasc Monastic

Settlement 301St Canice’s Catherdral

199 Teampall Chaoimháin

393 Tuamgraney cemetery

347 Turlough Round Tower

431Central County Down

589-91Charleville Castle 497Charlie Chaplin Comedy

Film Festival 285-6Chester Beatty Library 66children, travel with 27, 96,

554, 699Christ Church Cathedral,

Dublin 76-7, 126Christ Church Cathedral,

Waterford 180-1Christmas festivities,

Belfast 572 Christmas festivities,

Ireland-wide 31Christmas Dip, Dublin 31churches & cathedrals

Cathedral of Christ the King 511

Cathedral of the Assumption 194

Christ Church Cathedral 76-7

Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford 180

Clonmacnoise Cathedral 496

Collegiate Church of St Nicholas of Myra 375

Duiske Abbey 212Fethard’s Holy Trinity

Church 333Galway Cathedral 376-7Killaloe Cathedral 345St Aidan’s Cathedral 176St Anne’s Cathedral

558-9St Audoen’s Churches 78St Brendan’s Catholic

Cathedral 409St Brigid’s Cathedral 158St Canice’s Cathedral

199, 16St Carthage’s

Cathedral 192St Colman’s Cathedral

229St Columb’s Cathedral

617St Declan’s Church 190St Edan’s Cathedral 178St Fin Barre’s Cathedral

218St Iberius’ Church 163St Kevin’s Church 146St Mary’s Cathedral

(Kilkenny) 203-4St Mary’s Cathedral

(Limerick) 315St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral

81St Michan’s Church 81-2St Patrick’s Cathedral

74-5St Patrick’s Cathedral

Church 526Ciar 271cinema 28, 30, 122, 124,

221, 304, 377, 666Circuit of Ireland

International Rally 28City Hall, Dublin 66City Hall, Belfast 554City of Derry Guitar

Festival 622City of Derry Jazz Festival

622Claddaghduff 404Clare, County 53, 336-70,

337, 19climate 336highlights 337

Clare Island 418-19Clare Island Abbey 419Clarinbridge 408Clarinbridge Oyster Festival

408Claycastle beach 232Cleggan 404Clew Bay 418-19Clifden 402, 402-4Cliffs of Moher 358-9climate 20, 28-31, 700Cloghane 302Clogherhead 300, 539Clonakilty 240-2Clondra 511Clonea Strand 187Clones 549Clonmacnoise 495-7, 495,

26, 504Clonmacnoise Cathedral

496Clonmany 479Clonmel 329-33Clonony Castle 494Cloverhill 544coal mining 500Coast Road 539Cobh 228-30Colclough Walled Garden

173Collegiate Church of

St Nicholas of Myra 375Collins, Michael 243, 675Comeragh Mountains

193, 333Coney Island 437Cong 413-17Cong Abbey 413Cong caves 417Cong Stone Circle 417Connemara 10, 396-408,

11, 14Connemara National Park

405-6 Connor Pass 302, 297 consulates & embassies

700-1Cookstown 663Coole Park 410Cooley Peninsula 540-3Cootehall 511Copper Coast 186-7Copper Coast European

Geopark 186Corcomroe Abbey 370Cork City 52, 218-27, 15,

238-9Cork City Gaol 219Cork, County 215-62, 216-17

accommodation 215climate 215

food 215highlights 216-17

Cork International Choral Festival 29

Corofin 365Corr Castle 134counties, see individual

county names Crag Cave 306Craggaunowen 343Craggy Island 365, 386Craiceann Inis Oírr Interna-

tional Bodhrán Summer School 396

Cranberries, The 685Crawfordsburn 590Creggan 662Croagh Patrick 419-20Croke Park 24, 98Crom Castle 656 Cromane Peninsula 282Cromwell, Oliver 531,

671, 672Cromwell’s Castle 493Crookhaven 249Cruinniú na mBáid 408Crumlin Road Gaol 24, 564Cuilcagh Mountains 546,

660Cuilcagh Mountain Park

547Cúirt International Festival

of Literature 377Culdaff 482Cullen’s Rock 149culture 666-7, 681-3Curracloe Beach 169Curraghmore Estate 184Curragh, the 157-8Curraheen Greyhound

Park 225currency 20-1, 701Cushendall 643Cushendun 642-3 customs regulations

699-700cycling 38, 41, 694, 708

Antrim, County 646Armagh, County 611, 612Barrow Towpath 213Cavan, County 545Derry/Londonderry 617Donegal, County 453,

475Down, County 598Dublin 90, 131Fermanagh, County 650Galway, County

389-90, 396Grand Canal 490

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Louth, County 537, 542Mayo, County 421Midlands, The 490River Barrow towpath

197Royal Canal 490Sheep’s Head Cycle

Route 253Westmeath, County 512Westport 421

DDavagh Forest Park 662Delphi 417Delta Sensory Gardens 195Democratic Unionist Party

679-80Derry/Londerry 18, 616-28,

618-19, 18accommodation 613climate 613food 613highlights 614-15

Derrynane National Historic Park 286-7

Desmond Castle 234Devenish Island 656-7Dingle Bay beach 281Dingle Brewing

Company 24, 292Dingle Food & Wine Festival

293Dingle Peninsula 290-303,

290-1, 296-7Dingle Races 293Dingle Regatta 293Dingle Town 292-9, 294-5,

13, 296Dingle Way 293disabilities, travellers

with 704Dog’s Bay 402Dollar Bay 172Donaghadee 591Donegal 54Donegal Castle 450Donegal, County 447-83,

448-9accommodation 447climate 447food 447highlights 448-9

Donegal Town 450-3, 451Doneraile Park 261Donnelly’s Hollow 160Doolin 361-3Doolough Valley 417-18Doonbeg 355Douglass, Frederick 672

Down, County 55, 588-605, 587

accommodation 586climate 586food 586highlights 587

Down District Walking Festival 604

Downhill 629Downpatrick 596-7Downpatrick Head 430Dowth 521Drogheda 531-7, 532-3Drogheda Arts Festival 533Drogheda Food Festival

533Drogheda Samba Festival

533Drombeg Stone Circle 242Dromod 511Drumshanbo 511Drumsna 511Dublin 10, 58-135, 60-1,

67, 72-4, 84-6, 92-4, 114-16, 10, 12, 88-89 106-7

accommodation 58, 94-102, 103, 104, 112

calendar of events 92-3climate 58drinking & nightlife

115-21emergencies 129entertainment 121-6food 58, 102-15gay & lesbian

travellers 122highlights 60-1history 59information 129-31itineraries 75, 91markets 129medical services 130music 124, 126planning 132shopping 126-33sights 59-87sports 125theatre 125-6, 127tours 87-92travel to/from 130-1travel within 131-2 walking tours 90, 91, 95

Dublin Castle 66-7Dublin City Gallery 78Dublin Fringe Festival 31Dublin International Film

Festival 28Dublin Theatre Festival 31Dublin Writers Festival 93

Dublin Writers Museum 80Dublin Zoo 86Duckett’s Grove 195Duiske Abbey 212Dunabrattin Head 186Dún Aengus 388, 26, 394Dún an Rí Forest Park 546Dunbrody Abbey 174Dunbrody Famine Ship

174-5Duncannon 173-4Dundalk 539-40Dundrum 601Dundrum Castle 601Dunfanaghy 470-2Dungannon 663Dungarvan 187-9Dungarvan Castle 187Dungloe 462Dunguaire Castle 408Dunlewey 466-7Dunluce Castle 633Dunmore Cave 214Dunmore East 184-5Dunmore Head 299Dunquin 300Dunsany Castle 526Dunseverick Castle 631,

635Durrow 487Durrow Abbey 498Durrus 250Dursey Island 260Dvblinia & the Viking

World 77DylanFest on the Lough

483Dysert O’Dea 342

EEaragail Arts Festival 472East Munster Way 332, 334Easter Rising 673-4economy, Irish 666-7Edmund Rice International

Heritage Centre 180Egan, Richie 686Electric Picnic 489Elly Bay 428embassies & consulates

700-1emergencies 21, 705Emo Court 489English Market, The 224,

238-9English rule 670Ennis 338-42, 339Ennis Trad Festival 338Enniscorthy 176-7

Enniscorthy Castle 176 Enniskerry 140-2Enniskillen 650-3, 652-3Enniskillen Castle 650 Ennistymon 354. 357environment 690-3Errigal Mountain 467etiquette 49events, calendar of 28-31Ewe Sculpture Gardens

257-8exchange rates 21Eyeries 260-1Eyre Square 375

Ffairies 437Falcarragh 469-70Falls Road 567-8, 16family-friendly activities 27,

96, 554, 699Famine Warhouse 323Fanad Head 476-7Fanad Peninsula 475-7Fanore 367-8Farmgate Café 224Father Ted Festival 365Féile an Earraigh 571Féile An Phobail 30, 571Féile Oriel Music 547Fenit 307Fermanagh, County

650-61, 648-9accommodation 647climate 647food 647highlights 648-9

Ferns 178Festival of Fools 571festivals & events 28-31

All-Ireland Finals 31 Ballina Salmon Festival

430Ballybunion Bachelor

Festival 309BeatlesFest on the

Lough 483Belfast Book Festival 571Belfast Festival at

Queen’s 572Belfast Film Festival 571Belfast Marathon 571Belfast Maritime Festival

571Belfast Pride 571Birr Vintage Week and

Arts Festiva 491Boyle Arts Festival 499Brandon Regatta 302

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festivals & events continuedCaherciveen Festival of

Music & the Arts 282Carlingford Oyster

Festival 541Cathedral Quarter Arts

Festival 571Charlie Chaplin Comedy

Film Festival 285-6Christmas Festivities,

Belfast 572Circuit of Ireland

International Rally 28 City of Derry Guitar

Festival 622City of Derry Jazz

Festival 622Clarinbridge Oyster

Festival 408Cork International

Choral Festival 29 Craiceann Inis Oírr

International Bodhrán Summer School 396

Cruinniú na mBáid 408Cúirt International

Festival of Literature 377

Dingle Food & Wine Festival 293

Dingle Races 293Dingle Regatta 293 Down District Walking

Festival 604Drogheda Arts Festival

533Drogheda Food Festival

533Drogheda Samba

Festival 533Dublin Writers

Festival 93DylanFest on the Lough

483Earagail Arts Festival 472Electric Picnic 489Ennis Trad Festival 338Father Ted Festival 365Féile an Earraigh 571Féile An Phobail 571Féile Oriel Music 547Festival of Fools 571Fleadh Cheoil na

hÉireann 31Fleadh na gCuach 408Fleadh Nua 338Forbidden Fruit 24

Foyle Film Festival 622Galway Arts Festival

377Galway Film Fleadh 377Galway Food Festival

377Galway International

Oyster Festival 31 Galway Race Week 377,

378-9Garden Festival, Carlow

194 Gasyard Wall Féile 622Halloween Carnival 622Harvest Blues Festival

548Heritage Week 541Kerry Film Festival 304Killarney Summerfest

265Laytown Races 522Lisdoonvarna Match-

making Festival 364Listowel Races 308Lughnasa 302Micho Russell Festival

361Mourne International

Walking Festival 604Newgrange Winter

Solstice 521Nire Valley Walking

Festival 193 North West 200

Motorcycle Race 630Orangefest 572Ould Lammas Fair 637Oxegen 30, 29 Oyster Festival 590Puck Fair Festival 280Rally of the Lakes 265Rose of Tralee 304-5Scoil Acla Festival 425Sligo Live 434St Patrick’s Day, Belfast

571St Patrick’s Festival,

Dublin 93, 29Temple Bar Trad Festival

92Titanic Belfast Festival

571Town of Books Festival

213Tread Softly 434Waterford Festival of

Food 187-8Waterford International

Festival of Music 181 Wicklow Gardens Festival

154

Willie Clancy Summer School 355

Writers’ Week 308Fethard 333-4Fethard-on-Sea 172Fethard’s Holy Trinity

Church 333film 28, 30, 122, 124, 221,

304, 377, 666fishing 43

Cavan, County 544Clare, County 347Donegal, County 456-7,

461-2Fermanagh, County 659Galway, County 399, 404Kerry, County 265Kinsale 234Leitrim, County 503Mayo, County 417, 430Westmeath, County

510, 511Flaggy Shore 370Flagstaff Viewpoint 542Fleadh Cheoil na

hÉireann 31Fleadh na gCuach 408Fleadh Nua 29, 338Florence Court 659-60folk music, see traditional

musicfood & drink 45-50, 701football 694-5Forbidden Fruit 24Fore Valley 512Fota Wildlife Park 228Foxford Woollen Mill 432Foyle Film Festival 622Foynes 319Franciscan Friary

(Rossnowlagh) 453-4Franciscan Friary

(Tipperary) 332 Franciscan Well Brewery

225Front Strand beach 232

GGaelic cultural revival 401,

687, 694Gaelic football 18, 31,

270, 694 Gaeltacht 401Gallarus Castle 301Galtee Mountains 322-3Galway Arts Festival

30, 377Galway Cathedral 376-7Galway City 373-385,

374-6, 12, 378-9

Galway City Museum 373Galway, County 371-411,

372accommodation 371climate 371food 371highlights 372

Galway Film Fleadh 30, 377Galway Food Festival 377Galway City 373-85Galway International

Oyster Festival 31Galway Race Week 30, 377,

378-9Gap of Dunloe 274-5Gap of Mamore 479gardens & parks

Bamboo Park 257Botanic Gardens, Belfast

566-7, 563Birr Castle Demesne 490Brigit’s Garden 397Castle Archdale Country

Park 657 Cave Hill Country Park

569-70 Colclough Walled Garden

173Coole Park 410Croke Park 24, 98Davagh Forest Park 662Delta Sensory Gardens

195Doneraile Park 261Duckett’s Grove 195Dún an Rí Forest Park

546Ewe Sculpture Gardens

257-8Eyre Square 375Garden Festival, Carlow

194Garinish Island 256-7Glenveagh Castle 474Gougane Barra Forest

Park 256Heywood Gardens 486Irish National Heritage

Park 169 Irish National Stud &

Gardens 158 Johnstown Castle &

Gardens 168-9Killykeen Forest Park

544 Knockreer House &

Gardens 271 Loughcrew Gardens 531Merrion Square 71Midlands, The 484Millennium Gardens 192

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Mount Stewart House & Gardens 593-4

Mt Usher Gardens 152National Botanic

Gardens, Dublin 99 National Botanic

Gardens, Wicklow 154Phoenix Park 83-7 Portumna Castle &

Gardens 411Powerscourt Estate

140, 17Rothe House & Garden

199-202 St Stephen’s Green 70Tullynally Castle Gardens

513Vandeleur Walled Garden

351War Memorial

Gardens 78 Wicklow Gardens Festival

154Woodstock Gardens 212

Garinish Island 256-7Gasyard Wall Féile 622gay & lesbian travellers

226, 701Belfast 579Dublin 122festivals 571laws 682

genealogy 25Belfast 555 Cavan, County 528Cobh 229Cork City 223Dublin 70Kerry, County 265 Limerick, County 311Louth, County 528Meath, County 528 Tipperary, County 322Westmeath, County 508

Geokaun Mountain 283ghosts 497Giant’s Causeway 24,

634-5, 7, 34Girona shipwreck 461, 638Glasnevin Cemetery 98Glen of Aherlow 322-3 Glenariff 643-4Glenarm 644Glencolumbcille 458-9Glendalough 142-9, 146,

12, 144-5Glenevin Waterfall 481Glengarriff 256-8Glengarriff Woods Nature

Reserve 257

Glengesh Pass 460Glengowla Mines 397Gleninsheen Wedge Tomb

366Glenmacnass Waterfall 142Glenmalure 149-50Glens of Antrim 639-44Glenties 461-2Glenveagh Castle 474Glenveagh National Park

473-4Gold Coast, the 589Golden 328Goleen 248-9golf 40, 695-6, 15

Clare, County 356Cork, County 228Donegal, County 470,

475Down, County 599Kerry, County 265, 286Kildare, County 156, 157Kinsale 234Limerick, County 320Londonderry, County

630Offaly, County 491Sligo, County 437Westmeath, County 510

Gort 410Gortahork 469-70Gortin 662Gorumna 400Gougane Barra Forest

Park 256gourmet travel 45-50Grace O’Malley 420Grace’s Castle 203Graiguenamanagh 212-13Grand Canal, County

Kildare 157Grange beach 173Grange Stone Circle 319Granite Trail 599Granuaile’s Castle 419Great Famine 169, 210, 366,

368, 545, 673, 674Great Sugarloaf, the 151-2Great Western Greenway

424Greencastle 482-3Grennan Castle 212Grey Abbey 593Grey Man’s Path 642greyhound racing 696Greystones 152-3Grianán of Aileách 480Guildhall 617Guinness 48, 120

Guinness Book of World Records 170

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 31

Guinness Storehouse 72-4Gurteen Bay 402Gweedore 463-6

HHag’s Head 358Hall of the Red Earl 375Halloween Carnival 622Harbour Museum 619Harvest Blues Festival 548health 701Henry VIII 670Heritage Week 541Heywood Gardens 486hiking, see walkingHill of Slane 523Hillsborough 589-91Hillsborough Castle 590historic sites, see also

prehistoric sitesBattle of Boyne Site

521-2Bull Ring 163 Céide Fields 429City Hall, Belfast 554Crumlin Road Gaol

24, 564Derrynane National

Historic Park 286-7Famine Warhouse 323Foxford Woollen Mill 432Hall of the Red Earl 375Hill of Slane 523Hore Abbey 326Jerpoint Park 211 Kilmacduagh 410King House Interpretive

Centre 500Knock Marian Shrine

432-3 Marsh’s Library 75-6, 106

Rath of the Synods 524-5Rock of Cashel 15, 323-8,

15, 324-5 Rock of Dunamaise 489Slievemore Deserted

Village 424 Spanish Arch 373St Declan’s Well 190Tholsel 203Tobar Éinne 393Wicklow’s historic

gaol 153history 668-80hitching 710holidays 703

Holy Cross Abbey 329Holy Island 347Hook Head 172-3Hook Head Lighthouse 172Hook Peninsula 172-4Hore Abbey 326Horn Head 470horse racing 696horse riding 41House of Waterford Crystal

180Howth 133-5Howth Castle 133-4Hunt Museum 315hurling 694, 18

IInch 291-2, 296-7 Inisfallen Island 271Inishbofin 405Inisheer 392-7, 394Inishmaan 391-2Inishmór 387-91, 388-9,

394Inishowen Head 482Inishowen Peninsula 477Inishturk Island 419Inistioge 212Inniskeen 550insurance 701-2internet access 702internet resources 21, 706IRA 678-80Ireland’s Eye 134Irish Agricultural Museum

169Irish Derby 30Irish Grand National 28Irish Museum of Modern

Art 77Irish National Heritage

Park 169Irish National Stud &

Gardens 158itineraries, travel 32-6

JJackie Clarke Collection 24James Joyce Cultural

Centre 80James Joyce Museum 133Jameson Experience 231Jampa Ling Buddhist

Centre 546Jerpoint Abbey 211John F Kennedy

Arboretum 175Johnstown Castle &

Gardens 168-9

726

INDEX J-M

Joyce, James 30, 70, 80, 83, 90, 102, 127, 133, 153, 377, 510, 512, 666, 687, 107

KKanturk Castle 262Keadue 511Keenagh 511Kells 529-30Kells, Kilkenny County

209-10Kells Priory 210Kenmare 276, 288-9, 278Kennedy Homestead 175Kerry 52Kerry Bog Village Museum

281Kerry, County 263-309,

264accommodation 263climate 263food 263highlights 264

Kerry Film Festival 304Kerry Way 268Keshcarrigan 511Kilbaha 354Kilbeggan Distillery

Experience 510Kilcar 457-8Kilcolgan 408Kildare, County 155-61,

138-9accommodation 136climate 136food 136highlights 138-9

Kildare Town 158-60Kilfane 212Kilkee 352-3Kilkenny Castle 198-9,

200-01Kilkenny City 16, 199-209,

202-3, 206-7artisans 199

Kilkenny, County 199-204, 164-5, 206-7

climate 162highlights 164-5

Kilkieran Bay 400Killadoon 418Killala 429-30Killaloe 345-6Killaloe Cathedral 345

Killarney 265-70, 267, 274-5

Killarney National Park 44, 270-4, 39, 272-3

Killarney Summerfest 30, 265

Killary Harbour 407Killorglin 277-80, 278Killybegs 456-7Killykeen Forest Park 544Killyleagh 595-6Kilmacanogue 151-2Kilmacduagh 410Kilmainham 71-8Kilmainham Gaol 77Kilmallock 319-20Kilmallock Museum 319-20Kilmore Quay 171Kilronan 387-9Kilrush 350-2Kincasslagh 462-3King House Interpretive

Centre 500King John’s Castle

(Limerick) 311-14King John’s Castle

(Louth) 540Kingscourt 546Kinnitty 493, 13Kinsale 233-40, 235Kinvara 408-9Knappogue Castle 343Knock 432-3Knock Marian Shrine 432-3Knocknadobar 281Knocknarea Cairn 438Knockreer House &

Gardens 271Knockvicar 511Knowth 520-1

LLackan Bay 429-30Lagan Towpath 565Lahinch 356-7Land War, the 674languages 713-17Laois, County 486-9Larne 644Lauragh 260-1Laytown 522Laytown Races 522Lea Castle 489-90Leap Castle 491Lecale Peninsula 598Leenane 407legal matters 702Legnabrocky Trail 660Leitrim, County 502-7

Leitrim Way 507leprechauns 437, 541lesbian travellers, see gay

& lesbian travellersLetterfrack 405-7Letterkenny 472-3Lettermore 400, 402Lettermullen 400Liberties, The 71-8lighthouses

Baily Lighthouse 134Dunmore East 184Fanad Head 477Hook Head Lighthouse

172-3Inisheer 393Loop Head Lighthouse

354Mizen Head Signal

Station 250Poolbeg Lighthouse 90Rathlin Island East

Lighthouse 639Shrove Lighthouse 482Skellig Michael 284, 296Tory Island 468Valentia Island 283

Limavady 628Limerick City 311-19,

314-15Limerick City Gallery of

Art 315Limerick City Museum 316Limerick, County 310-35,

311, 311-21, 312-13accommodation 310climate 310food 310highlights 312-13

Lisburn Road 581Liscannor 358Lisdoonvarna 363-4Lisdoonvarna

Matchmaking Festival 364

Lismore 192-3Lismore Castle 192Lisnaskea 653-6Listowel 307-8Listowel Castle 308Listowel Races 308Listowel Writers’ Week 29literature 25, 666, 669,

687-9Little Museum of Dublin

70-1local transport 710Loftus Hall 173Londonderry, County 18,

616-31, 614-15

Londonderry town see Derry/Londonderry

Longford, County 507-8Loop Head 354Lough Boora 498Lough Corrib 398-9, 413Lough Derg 347Lough Eske 453Lough Gartan 474-5Lough Glencar 444, 441Lough Gur 319Lough Inagh Valley

400-1 Lough Mask 413Lough Neagh 612Lough Oughter 544Lough Ree 510Loughcrew Cairns 530-1Loughcrew Gardens 531Loughrea Peninsula 461Louisburgh 417-18Louth, County 55, 531,

516-17accommodation 514climate 514highlights 516-17

Lower Lough Erne 656-7Lugduff 148Lughnasa 302Lynch’s Castle 376

MMace Head 399-400Macgillycuddy’s Reeks

275-6Maghery 460Magilligan Point 629Malin Head 481-2Mallow 261mansions, see stately

homes & mansionsmaps 38, 702Marble Arch Caves 660-1markets, farmers

Carlow, County 194 Clare, County 357, 369Dublin 117 Galway, County 382Kerry, County 266, 308Midleton 231Skibbereen 244-62Tipperary, County 329Wicklow, County 155

Marsh’s Library 75-6, 106Mary From Dungloe beauty

pageant 30Maynooth 155-6Maynooth Castle 156

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DEX M-N

Mayo, County 54, 412-46, 414-15

accommodation 412climate 412food 412highlights 414-15

McCourt, Frank 311, 316, 317, 687-8

measures 701Meath, County 55, 515-31,

516-17accommodation 514climate 514highlights 516-17

Medieval Museum 24, 180megalithic sites, see

prehistoric sitesMerrion Square 71, 80Micho Russell Festival 361Midlands, The 54, 484-513

accommodation 484climate 484gardens 484highlights 485map 485

Midleton 231Millennium Gardens 192Millmount Museum &

Tower 532Miltown Malbay 355Mitchelstown Caves 329Mizen Head Peninsula

247-52Mizen Head Signal Station

250mobile phones 20, 704Monaghan, County 55,

547-50, 516-17accommodation 514climate 514highlights 516-17

Monaghan County Museum 547

monasteries & abbeys 670Athassel Priory 327-8Black Abbey 203 Boyle Abbey 500Burrishoole Abbey 423Clare Island Abbey 419Cong Abbey 413Corcomroe Abbey 370Dunbrody Abbey 174Durrow Abbey 498Franciscan Friary,

Rossnowlagh 453-4Franciscan Friary,

Tipperary 332Grey Abbey 593Holy Cross Abbey 329 Ireland’s Eye 134

Jerpoint Abbey 211Kells Priory 210Mt Melleray Cistercian

Abbey 191Old Mellifont Abbey 538Rosserk Abbey 430Sligo Abbey 433St John’s Priory 204St Mary’s Abbey 175Tintern Abbey 173

Monavullagh Mountains 193

money 20-1, 702Moone 161motorbike travel 709Mount Stewart House &

Gardens 593-4Mountcharles 456Mountmellick 488Mountshannon 347-50Mourne International

Walking Festival 30, 604

Mourne Mountains 601-5, 42, 602-3

Mournes Coast Road 605Moville 483Moyle Way 639Mt Brandon 302Mt Leinster 178Mt Leinster Scenic Drive

197Mt Melleray Cistercian

Abbey 191Mt Mullaghcleevaun 142Mt Mweelrea 407Mt Tonelagee 142Mt Usher Gardens 152Muckross Estate 271-4Mullacor 148Mullaghroe Beach 428Mullet Peninsula 427-8 Mullingar 510-12multiculturalism 682murals, Belfast 560-1, 16 Museum of Natural History

69-70Museum of Style Icons 158museums

Bishop’s Palace 180Bolton Library 326Carlow County Museum

194 Cashel Folk Village 326Chester Beatty Library

66City Hall, Dublin 66Cork City Gaol 219Dublin Writers Museum

80

Dunbrody Famine Ship 174-5

Dvblinia & the Viking World 77

Edmund Rice International Heritage Centre 180

Galway City Museum 373Glengowla Mines 397Harbour Museum 619Hunt Museum 315Irish Agricultural

Museum 169Irish Museum of Modern

Art 77Irish National Heritage

Park 169James Joyce Museum 133Kerry Bog Village

Museum 281Kilmainham Gaol 77Kilmallock Museum

319-20Limerick City Gallery of

Art 315Limerick City Museum

316Little Museum of Dublin

70-1Medieval Museum

24, 180Millmount Museum &

Tower 532Monaghan County

Museum 547Museum of Natural

History 69-70Museum of Style Icons

158National Craft Gallery

& Kilkenny Design Centre 202-3

National Gallery 68-9National Leprechaun

Museum 81National Museum of

Country Life 431National Museum

of Ireland Archaeology 68

National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History 82

Nore View Folk Museum 210

Old Jameson Distillery 82

Quaker Museum 160Ros Tapestry 175Rothe House & Garden

199-202South Tipperary County

Museum 332

Steam Museum & Lodge Park Walled Garden 157

Strokestown Famine Museum 498-9

Tower Museum 616-17Waterford Museum of

Treasures 180music 684-6, see also

traditional musicMweenish Island 400

NNarin 461National 1798 Rebellion

Centre 176National Botanic

Gardens, Dublin 99National Botanic Gardens,

Wicklow 154National Craft Gallery &

Kilkenny Design Centre 202-3

National Gallery 68-9National Leprechaun

Museum 81National Museum of

Country Life 431National Museum of

Ireland Archaeology 68National Museum of

Ireland - Decorative Arts & History 82

National Nature Reserves 692

nationalism, Irish 673-80Navan 524Navan Fort 611-12Neale 418Nenagh 335neolithic sites, see

prehistoric sitesNew Quay 370New Ross 174-6 Newbridge 157-8Newcastle 598-600Newgrange 515-21, 14,

517-18Newgrange Winter Solstice

521Newport 423Newry 605-6newspapers 701Newtownards 594Nine Years’ War 671Nire Valley 193Nire Valley Walking Festival

193Nore View Folk Museum 210North Down Coastal Path

589

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INDEX N

-S

North Mayo Sculpture Trail 431

North West 200 Motorcycle Race 29, 630

Northern Ireland Assem-bly 680

OO’Connell, Daniel 80,

83, 672O’Connell Street 83O’Connor, Sinead 489,

550, 685Offaly, County 489-98Old Jameson Distillery 82Old Mellifont Abbey 538Omagh 661Omey Island 404Orange Order 673Orangefest 572Oratory 301-2Ormond Castle 334otters 44Oughtmama 369Ould Lammas Fair 637outdoor activities 37-44Oxegen 30, 29Oxford Island 611-12Oyster Festival 590Oyster Island 437

PParke’s Castle 507parks, see gardens & parksParnell, Charles Stewart

673Patrick’s Bay 173Peace Bridge 617Penal Laws 671, 672Phoenix Park 83-7photography 703Pigeon Hole 417planning 20-1, 24

accommodation 699bus & rail passes 709business hours 703calendar of events 28-31car hire 709climate 700currency 701Dublin Pass 93food costs 701gourmet travel 46-7Ireland’s regions 51-6

itineraries 32-6maps 38money 357, 702motoring organisations

710outdoor activities 37-44romantic hideaways 588time 704transport 706-12visas 704-5

Poetry Ireland 689politics, Irish 666-7Pollatomish 428popular music 685-6population 667Portaferry 591-2Portarlington 488-9Portkille 482Portlaoise 487Portmagee 283-4Portnoo 461Portrush 632-3Portsalon 476-7Portstewart 629-32Portumna 411Portumna Castle &

Gardens 411Poulanass Waterfall 148Powerscourt Estate

140-2, 17Powerscourt Waterfall 141prehistoric sites

Browne’s Hill Dolmen 195

Brú na Bóinne 515-21, 14, 517-18

Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery 437-8

Cong Stone Circle 417Dowth 521Drombeg Stone Circle

242 Dún Aengus 388, 26,

394 Grange Stone Circle 319Knowth 520-1 Newgrange 515-21, 14,

517-18Priest’s Leap 253public holidays 703pubs, traditional 12, 25Puck Fair Festival 31, 280

QQuaker Museum 160Quiet Man Bridge 400Quiet Man Museum 413Quin 343

Rradio 683, 701Rally of the Lakes 265Rath of the Synods 524-5Rathdrum 153-4Rathlin Island 638-9Rathmelton 476Rathmullan 476Raven Nature Reserve 169rebellion 673-5red deer 44Reginald’s Tower 180religion 667, 668-80, 682-3repeat visitors 24Restaurant 1826 Adare 24restaurants, best list 46Ring of Gullion 607Ring of Hook coastal

drive 172Ring of Kerry 16, 277-90,

280-1Ring Peninsula 189Riptide Movement 686River Bann 646River Barrow 213River Barrow towpath 197River Shannon 311-12road bowling 696road rules, driving 710Robertstown 157rock climbing 43, 604Rock of Cashel 15, 323-8,

15, 324-5Rock of Dunamaise 489Rockfleet Castle 423romantic hideaways 588Ros Tapestry 175Roscommon Castle 502Roscommon, County 498Roscommon Town 502Roscrea Castle 334Rose of Tralee 31, 304-5Rosguill Peninsula 475Rosroe Quay 407Ross Castle 271Rossbeigh Strand 281Rosserk Abbey 430Rosses Point 437Rosslare Harbour 170Rosslare 169-70Rossmore Forest Park 549Rossnowlagh 453-4Rostrevor 605Rothe House & Garden

199-202Rough Point peninsula 303Roundstone 401-2Roundstone Bog 403

Roundwood 142rugby 316ruins 27Russborough House 150-1

Ssafety 703sailing 43, 184, 245, 248,

259, 287, 288, 335, 407, 491, 510, 541, 659

Sally Gap 140Saltee Islands 172Sandycove 133Saul 597-8Scarriff Inn 286Scattery Island 351Schull 247-8Scoil Acla Festival 425scuba diving 43seals 44Shannon Airport 343Shannon Harbour 494Shannon town 343-4Shannonbridge 494Sheep’s Head Cycle Route

253Sheep’s Head Way 253Shell gas pipeline 429Sherkin Island 246Shrove Lighthouse 482Silver Strand 399SIM cards 704Sinn Féin 553, 578, 674-80Six Nations Rugby 28Skellig Islands 284-5Skellig Michael 284, 296Skellig Ring 285, 278-9Skibbereen 242, 244-5Slade 172Slane 522-4Slane Castle 522Slea Head 299Slemish 646Slieve Bloom Mountains

487-8Slieve Croob 589-91Slieve Donard 600Slieve Gullion 607Slieve Maan 148Slievemore Deserted

Village 424Sligo Abbey 433Sligo, County 54, 412-46,

433-46. 414-15accommodation 412climate 412food 412 highlights 414-15

Sligo Live 434

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DEX S-V

Sligo Town 433-6, 434-5, 440Sneem 287-8soccer 695South Armagh 606-7South Leinster Way 213South Tipperary County

Museum 332Southern Wicklow 153-5Spanish Arch 373Spa, The 307Sperrin Mountains 662Spiddal 399sports 694-6

Belfast 581Thomond Park Stadium

316squares, see gardens &

parksSt Aidan’s Cathedral 176St Anne’s Cathedral 558-9St Audoen’s Churches 78St Brendan’s Catholic

Cathedral 409St Canice’s Cathedral

199, 16St Carthage’s Cathedral

192St Colman’s Cathedral 229St Columb’s Cathedral 617St Declan’s Church 190St Declan’s Well 190St Deirbhile 428 St Edan’s Cathedral 178St Fin Barre’s Cathedral

218St Iberius’ Church 163St John’s Priory 204St Kevin’s Church 146St Mary’s Abbey 175St Mary’s Cathedral

(Kilkenny) 203 St Mary’s Cathedral

(Limerick) 315St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral 81St Michan’s Church 81-2St Mullins 197St Patrick 668-70St Patrick’s Cathedral

74-5, 126St Patrick’s Cathedral

Church 526St Patrick’s College 155-6St Patrick’s Day 28, 29St Patrick’s Day, Belfast

571St Patrick’s Festival, Dublin

93, 29St Peter’s Roman Catholic

Church 533

St Stephen’s Green 70stately homes &

mansions 17Avondale House 153Ballyknocken House 152Belvedere House &

Gardens 511 Cappoquin House and

Gardens 191Castletown House 159Curraghmore Estate 184Florence Court 659-60Loftus Hall 173Mount Stewart House &

Gardens 593Muckross Estate 271-4Rothe House & Garden

199-202 Russborough House

150-1Swiss Cottage 328 Thoor Ballylee 410Westport House 420-1

Steam Museum & Lodge Park Walled Garden 157

stone circles, see pre-historic sites

Stonyford 211-12Straffan 156-7Strandhill 438-9, 440-1Strangford 598Strangford Lough 594-5Strokestown 498-9Strokestown Park House &

Famine Museum 498-9Struell Wells 598surfing 41-2

Admore 190Clare, County 356-7, 368Dingle Peninsula 293Donegal, County 454, 455Fethard-on-Sea 172Kerry, County 291-2, 303Mayo, County 418

Swift, Jonathan 75, 125

TTable Mountain 142Tara 524-5Tarbert 309Tarmonbarry 511taxes 702Teampall na Skellig 143telephone 703-4television 683Temple Bar Trad Festival 92Termonfeckin 539The Cat Laughs Comedy

Festival 30

The Guard 402Tholsel 203Thomond Park Stadium

316Thoor Ballylee 410Timahoe 489time 704Tinakilly Country House &

Restaurant 150Tintern Abbey 173Tipperary, County 321-2,

312-13, 330-1accommodation 310climate 310food 310, 322highlights 312-13

Tipperary Town 322tipping 702Titanic Belfast 18, 564, 571,

19, 562Titanic Experience, Cobh

229Tobar Éinne 393Tollymore Forest Park 601Tone, Wolfe 673Torr Head Scenic Road 642Tory Island 467-9tourist information 704tours 710-12Tower Museum 616-17Town of Books Festival 213traditional music 6, 13, 25,

26-7, 52, 53, 684-5, 13Ardara 460, 461Arranmore Island 463Athlone 508Aughris Head 442Belfast 579-80Buncrana 479Clare, County 342 Clonakilty 241Culdaff 482Cushendall 643Derry/Londonderry 624Dingle Town 298Donegal Town 452Doolin 361-3Drogheda 537Dublin 90, 92, 118-19Dungarvan 188 Dunlewey 467 Ennis 338, 341Enniskillen 651Falcarragh 469Galway City 383-4Kilarney 269Kilfenora 364-5Kinsale 240Miltown Malbay 355

Monaghan 547Mullingar 512Shannonbridge 494South Armagh 607Spiddal 399-400 Vale of Avoca 154Waterford 183 Westport 423

train travel 712, 711Tralee 304-6, 305Tramore Beach 461Tramore 185-6tramping, see walkingtransport 706-12travel seasons 20travel to/from Ireland

706-8travel within Ireland 708-12Tread Softly 434Trim 526-9, 527Trim Castle 526Trinity College 62-3, 79,

64-5Tully Mountain 405Tullynally Castle Gardens

513Tyrone, County 661-4,

648-9accommodation 647climate 647food 647highlights 648-9

UU2 124, 522, 626, 685Ulster 671-3Ulster American Folk Park

661-2Ulster, Red Hand of 555Ulster Unionist Party 678Ulster Volunteer Force 673Ulster Way 639, 656unemployment 666-7Unesco World Heritage

sitesGiant’s Causeway 24,

634-5, 7, 34 Skellig Michael 284, 296

Upper Lough Erne 653-6Urris Hills 481

Vvacations 703Vale of Avoca 154Valentia Island 283, 16,

279Vandeleur Walled Garden

351

730

INDEX V

-Y

VAT 702vegetarians & vegans

49, 118Ventry 299-300views, best list 25-6Vikings 669-70Villagers, The 686Vinegar Hill 176Virginia 546visas 20, 704-5volunteering 705

Wwalking 14, 37-40

Admore 190Antrim, County 639, 642Beara Peninsula 258Belfast 565Carlow County 213Clare, County 355, 360-1,

368, 370, 19Cork City 230Cork, County 244, 247Derry 621Dingle Peninsula 293Donegal, County 461-2,

470, 474, 481, 482Down, County 599,

600, 604Fermanagh, County 656Galway 382Galway, County 391, 393,

397, 400, 405, 407

Giant’s Causeway 24, 634-5, 7, 34

Glendalough 147Grand Canal towpath 157Kerry, County 268, 276,

282, 288, 300-1, 308Kildare Way 157Kilkenny County 213Laois, County 487-8Leitrim, County 507Louth, County 541-50Mayo, County 413, 419,

421-2, 425, 427Meath, County 524Mt Leinster Scenic

Drive 197River Barrow towpath

157, 197Sheep’s Head Way 253Tipperary, County 322-3,

328, 334Waterford, County 193Wicklow, County 137Youghal 233

War Memorial Gardens 78War of Independence 675Warrenpoint 605Waterfoot 643Waterford City 178-84, 179Waterford, County 52,

178-93, 164-5climate 162highlights 164-5

Waterford Festival of Food 187-8

Waterford International Festival of Music 181

Waterford Museum of Treasures 180

Waterville 285-6waterways, Ireland 157weather 20, 28-31websites, see internet

resourcesweights 701Western Wicklow 150-1Westmeath, County 508-

13, 485Westport 420-3, 421Westport House 420-1Wexford, County 52, 163-

78, 164-5climate 162highlights 164-5

Wexford Town 163-8, 167Wexford Opera Festival 31Wexford Wildfowl Reserve

169whales 44whiskey 48

Jameson Experience 231Kilbeggan Distillery

Experience 510Old Jameson

Distillery 82White Island 657Wicklow Coast 151-3

Wicklow, County 136-61, 138-9

accommodation 136, 141-2, 147-9, 150, 151, 152, 155

climate 136food 136, 155highlights 138-9

Wicklow Gardens Festival 154

Wicklow Mountains 137-50Wicklow Mountains

National Park 137Wicklow’s historic gaol 153Widgery Commission 626Wilde, Oscar 62, 71, 80, 127,

163, 650, 687, wildlife watching 44, 232,

see also birdwatching Willie Clancy Summer

School 30, 355winter solstice 515, 521women travellers 705Woodstock Gardens 212working in Ireland 705World Irish Dancing

Championships 28Writers’ Week 308

Yyachting, see sailingYeats, WB 80, 410, 433,

437, 687, 440-1

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