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ireland

Leprechauns, Guinness instead of mother’s milk, shamrocks – ok clichés aside there are many other reasons to head to Ireland. There are also reasons why Irish bars have proliferated to every corner of the globe from Boston to Bolivia. The reason being that the Irish know how to have a good time and that you will too whether it’s enjoying its many pubs, live music scene or soaking up the atmosphere at the soccer.

Once you’ve pub crawled through the literary trail in Dublin, following in the footsteps of Patrick Kavanagh, Brendan Behan and James Joyce, other cities such as Cork, Derry and Belfast offer many cultural treats as well as political monuments. The Irish countryside is nothing short of stunning wandering between castle remains, rolling hills, lakeside retreats, Christian monasteries and rugged coastline. Excitement can compliment the country tranquility in events like the Galway races. With their charming accents and all you might decide you’d like to end up with a local head, if so an annual matchmaking in the spa town of Lisdoonvarna may be able to help you. Sure enough wherever you go in Ireland it will be good ‘craic’.