See Ireland by bus and skip the stress of planning & driving

I have 116 posts about what to see and do on this website (so far). It's the best content on Ireland anywhere, certainly the most honest. But it's a lot to take in. Some people love the research and planning of a big trip. Others don&

Everything -Every post on this site in one place

Rather than digging through my site, here is every post that I've written. Easy to find. Any questions not answered here? Send me a message and I'll write a post about it. Hotels in Ireland * Michelin Just Announced Its 16 Top Hotels in Ireland * The best

I stumbled upon my favourite place in Ireland. And I had it all to myself.

Whenever the weather is nice in Ireland, I get in the car and go explore. I go with no plans or agenda. It's easy to do here, we have marked out routes like 2500 km Wild Atlantic Way. It was July. Kerry had the "Fully Booked'

The sea stack that St Patrick made in anger at Downpatrick Head

We love our stories in Ireland, it used to be a trade, a Seanachaí or storyteller would go from village to village telling stories. Today, we have Netflix 😔 In the north coast of Mayo, in a remote corner that not enough people visit, is a tall sea stack, standing on

Stay in a castle, not Dublin, on your first day in Ireland

Don't stay in Dublin when you land in Ireland. Instead, drive just one hour and spend your first night in a castle in the beautiful Irish countryside! I think it's a much better way to start your trip. Cities are stressful, even more so when you&

Glendalough & the Wicklow Mountains. The easiest day trip from Dublin.

Why Glendalough Is The Easiest (and maybe best) Day Tour From Dublin You can leave Trinity College and be in the Wicklow mountains 45 minutes later. You're not spending hours on a coach on a motorway. This makes it the easiest day trip from Dublin. It's

Temple Bar Alternatives. Six Better Places Than Temple Bar

Six Better Places to Drink Than Temple Bar What Is Temple Bar Anyway? It's the Times Square of Dublin with bars full of tourists paying extortionate prices to hear worn-out musicians singing Galway Girl for the 10th time today. Dubliners never go to Temple Bar. Ever. Is

Forget Kinsale. Stay in a castle in this waterfront Cork village instead.

Castletownshend in Cork Imagine driving down a hill so steep that you wonder how the horses pulled carts up it. And at the end of this hill is a beautiful little harbour. And overlooking this waterfront setting is the castle where you'll spend the night. And there'

How to avoid the crowds at the Giant's Causeway

One million people a year visit the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. It's one of only four UNESCO World Heritage sites on our island and is the most accessible one, which means crowds. The Giant's Causeway is worthy of the UNESCO honour, but hordes

My Review of The Phoenix Lounge in Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport have knocked it out of the park with their new Phoenix Lounge in Terminal 1. T1 is the older terminal in Dublin Airport and often feels like it. The previous, dated & dark T1 lounge was not great at all, so all DUB regulars were excited to hear

Cliffs of Moher walking tour. Only 2% of visitors see the cliffs this way.

The Cliffs of Moher is one of the most visited attractions in Ireland. It's busy, very busy. 1.5 million people come to look at them & you end up with more people than cliffs in your photos. So I went a different way. I walked from Doolin

A Day On Inis Oírr. My favourite Aran Island for a day trip.

I just spent a beautiful, sunny day on Inis Oírr in the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. It's an easy day trip to combine with a cruise under the Cliffs of Moher and will be on a lot of visitors itineraries. It can be a