If you find yourself travelling through Killorglin over the 10th, 11th & 12th August make sure you stop and take a wander through Puck Fair Festival. Being born into Killorglin, Puck Fair is in our blood and every year is one of the main calendar events for the town. Everyone comes home for Puck or Christmas!
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It’s not many people that can say they look out at their country’s highest mountain every day but I do, from home and work. And do I take it for granted? Yes I do! I should be more appreciative but yet it’s just a mountain isn’t it? No, it’s Carrantoohil, Ireland’s highest mountain I should be in awe that I get to see it every day.
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The Camino Santiago De Compostela, or Way of St. James, is one of the most famous long distance pilgrimage walks in the world. Its history is steeped in tradition of over a thousand years when pilgrims came to visit the final resting place of the Apostle who, as legend has it, was buried there in the 9th century after his martyrdom in the Holy Land.
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As the beginning of the Skellig Michael Island landing boat trip season begins this Sunday May 14th learn a bit more about these amazing islands!
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Michael is our Camino de Santiago guide. Michael grew up in West Cork and went to school in Dublin and Cork City. He worked for many years in the area of Training & Development as a state employee and private consultant before getting the walking bug!
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After looking through our website and seeing what you like you still wonder why I should book with Go Visit Ireland. Here are just a few reasons:
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Sean O Suilleabhain is not only a partner and our director of programmes here in Go Visit Ireland but also one of our much loved walking guides.
His love of the outdoors began when on school holidays on his uncle’s farm nestled in the Bridia valley in the heart of the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, Ireland’s highest mountain range in Kerry.
Coffee? Irish style? Sure it is St. Patrick’s Day after all!!
Irish coffee is a famous drink around the world. A favourite of many in winter and around the Christmas period, however also perfect throughout the year and even more so for any special occasions.
Ulrich was born in and grew up in Germany in the Ruhr Valley, the industrial centre of Germany, where he did his schooling and went to university studying English and PE.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to send in their photo competition entries. We had an amazing response and received such stunning images.
It took some days of viewing and reviewing all entries until the final decision was reached.