With its lush parklands, mature woodlands and a proper little narrow gauge steam railway winding through the grounds, Oakfield Park is a wonderful place to visit - and it's just a 15 minute drive from Letterkenny.
The 100-acre demesne is a beautiful s ... more...
With its impressive entrance accessed up external steps and looking down over the top end of High Street, you are unlikely to miss this stylish restaurant alongside its 'parent', the Ring family's plush Killarney Plaza Hotel & Spa - and that is as ... more...
On a lovely site overlooking the Barrow Valley, Bryan Leech and Martin Marley's charming late Georgian house - which (encouragingly) takes its name from the Irish 'cill greíne', meaning 'sunny hill or wood' - is set in extensive wooded grounds.
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Butlers chocolates have become a favourite Irish indulgence and the Butlers Chocolate Experience allows visitors to go behind the scenes and see how they're made.
Tours, family days out, demonstrations etc are all available - booking is required.
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The Quinlan family are renowned in Kerry for the fresh fish that is landed at Caherciveen by their own fishing trawlers, and for a number of well run and successful related businesses. Fresh whitefish and shellfish is sourced from company trawlers and ... more...
Based in the converted Coach House at her 17th century family home, Sarah Baker's cookery school offers classes which are designed to interest a wide range of students, from primary school visits and transition year courses to bespoke adult class ... more...
Conveniently located in the centre of Belfast, at the rear of the Mourne Seafood Bar this was the city's first purpose built cookery school and it is a bright airy space with state of the art equipment and a great team of tutors headed up by propriet ... more...
From the constantly evolving world of 'street food' themed restaurants in Galway, 'Papa Rich' is one of the younger kids on the block, covering all the bases from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Singaporean, Soul Food, Taiwanese, Thai and Vietnamese. Papa R ... more...
Little more than an energetic stone's throw from the shores of Killary Fjord on the Wild Atlantic Way, the latest development by the enterprising Young family is The Killary Lodge - a beautiful purpose-built 'nature lodge' on the grounds of their famou ... more...
In their brochure, John Desmond and Ellmary Fenton describe their restaurant as unusual, in a unique and beautiful setting. This is an understatement; their Island Cottage Restaurant is extraordinary by any standards. You have to get there and back by ... more...
With a rich historical and maritime legacy, East Cork has a truly unique variety of attractions to offer the visitor.
It is a haven for family holidays with a huge range of activities and attractions to keep the whole family entertained for hours.
In this extensive county, the towns and villages have their own distinctive character. In West Cork, their spirit is preserved in the vigour of the landscape with the handsome coastline where the light of the famous Fastnet Rock swings across tumbling ocean and spray-tossed headland. The county is a repository of the good things of life, a treasure chest of the finest farm produce, and the very best of seafood, brought to market by skilled specialists.
The town of Killarney is where the Ring of Kerry begins and ends for many, among the lakes and mountains where they are re-establishing the enormous white-tailed sea eagle, has long been a magnet for visitors. Across the purple mountains from Killarney, the lovely little town of Kenmare in South Kerry is both a gourmet focus, and another excellent touring centre. As one of the prettiest places in Ireland, Kenmare puts the emphasis on civic pride.
That Galway Bay coastline in Co. Clare is where The Burren, the fantastical North Clare moonscape of limestone which is home to so much unexpectedly exotic flora, comes plunging spectacularly towards the sea around the attractive village of Ballyvaughan.
Connemara, the Land of the Sea, where earth, rock and ocean intermix in one of Ireland's most extraordinary landscapes, and is now as ever a place of angling renown - you're very quickly into the high ground and moorland which sweep up to the Twelve Bens and other splendid peaks, wonderful mountains which enthusiasts would claim as the most beautiful in all Ireland. Beyond, to the south, the Aran Islands are a place apart.
Rivers often divide one county from another, but Fermanagh is divided - or linked if you prefer - throughout its length by the handsome waters of the River Erne, both river and lake. Southeast of the historic county town of Enniskillen, Upper Lough Erne is a maze of small waterways meandering their way into Fermanagh from the Erne'e source in County Cavan.
Co Cavan shares the 667 m peak of Cuilcagh with neighbouring Fermanagh. No ordinary mountain, this - it has underground streams which eventually become the headwaters of the lordly River Shannon, Ireland's longest river that passes south through many counties before exiting at the mighty estuary in Limerick. A magnet for tourism now with boating, fishing, cycling and walking-a-plenty.
Between the sheltered bays at the foot of the Glens of Antrim, the sea cliffs of the headlands soar with remarkable rock formations which, on the North Coast, provide the setting for the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge and the Giant's Causeway.
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