Is Ireland a good place for a holiday?

Question

Where and what places are the best to visit with children?

Answer 1

yes but it is not the great place it once was. The Irishness of the place , the thing that attracted the visitors are disappearing. Old quant hotels are being knocked down for big multi national hotel chains. Shops where you brought a pint and bicycle chain are now cain stores and there are houses spring up everywhere. You may as holiday in Britain, it's cheaper !!!!

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Answer 2

Co. Wexford is beautiful, it is the sunny south east. about an hour and a half from Dublin, all along the coast it is the best, of course being form here i would say that, but then its where alot of the Dublin people head for during the holidays. And i have to say Galway is beautiful as well just as long as you get the weather.

Answer 3

i live here and have brought my children a good few places.

fota wildlife, blarney castle - cork

ring of kerry, blasket islands, dingle peninsula, muckross house and gardens, torc waterfall, killarney park - kerry

bunratty castle (try go to the banquet in the evening after doing the tour of the castle and folk park), spanish point, the burren, doolin cave, cliffs of moher, liscannor open farm - clare

salthill, clifden, inisbofin, connemara, aran islands - galway

cong (quiet man filmed there), ashford castle, ceide fields - mayo

yeats grave, benbulben - sligo

Answer 4

bring plenty of money, things are very expensive here!

yes is my answer

Answer 5

its great - go to Dublin, it is the biggest city in Ireland because it keeps Dublin, and Dublin, and Dublin.

Answer 6

Ireland is great for a holiday i got at least 2 times a year, i tend to visit antrim and belfast, wherever you go the children will love it theres loads to do and see. hope you have a nicetime if you decide to go !

Answer 7

yes!!!

Answer 8

only if you like guiness

Answer 9

While it might be a bad summer this year, there is one thing in ireland that i find the most beautifull.

The grey sky on an overcast day makes the lush green fields and trees stand out even more.

If you go look out for it and spend a few minutes looking around (countryside) and the rain will not bother you any more

Answer 10

Dublin is certainly cheaper than London or Brighton. The weather this year in the U.K. or Ireland is very bad so it depends on what the kids enjoy. The traffic in Ireland is as bad as London so I would not recommend a car.

If you go to Wexford, Cork or Galway you will find it as busy as Dublin.

I travel a lot on business and you will find Budapest a lot cheaper. You cant beat Spain or the Canaries for fun. Whatever you do, dont fly Ryanair, thats enough to spoil anyones Holiday.

Answer 11

get rid of the children and go to the pub.lol

Answer 12

Avoid Dublin, it's full of pretentious gits and gombeen men.

There are many great family holiday places along the west coast, one I'm sure you'll like is Spanish Point in County Clare, it has a couple of nice beaches and you can drive to interesting places like the Burren and the Ailwee caves very quickly. Just don't try to stay there during the Willie Clancy Summer School week in early July, it's impossible to get accommodation. From now onwards should be fairly easy.

Answer 13

County clare is also really nice and there is the bunratty castle and folk village which is really fun, they have real life size cottages with all the things they would have had back then, like real peat burning and they have a corner store and blacksmiths and all that and of course a huge medieval castle, its pretty close to shannon airport, and the ailwee caves and the cliffs of moher are really cool too, of course a lot of those things have gotten very tourist oriented therefore expensive parking lots, etc.

Answer 14

I can recommend the Dingle Peninsula in the West of Ireland.

Nice beaches, picturesque villages, lovely bars and don't forget to try the Guinness and the Jamesons.

Answer 15

I'll go back again. If they could do something with their signposting it will be nicer.

Best part of my touring holiday was the Ring of Kerry, but I only did the coast. Really liked the petrol stations also, with delis.

Answer 16

not at the moment! unless you want rain!! :) no summer for us im afraid!

if you want to know the REAL ireland old style then go to conemara in galway! thats lovely!

kilkenny is nice! and i suppose dublin!

to the person who left the comment above me! they will never sort the signpost! sometimes the irish dont even know where they are going! but that makes it fun! :) nothing like being lost in the middle of nowhere with nobody to ask for directions :)

Answer 17

its a great place for a holiday especially rosslare weve been lucky so far its dry enough at the moment i think its raining lately most other parts

Answer 18

I think anywhere would be great...my mom's family came from County Cork but it's all good...a tad pricy what with the exchange rate with the Euro...wish I could go....sigh....

Answer 19

Yes the Emerald Isle is certainly an apt description of the landscape around Ireland. It is profusely green with stretches of winding fields and hills, dense vegetations and colorful flower farms. With showers of rain drenching the wide expanse of greeneries, magical tales of fairies and leprechauns came into being. Who knows what magic Ireland’s many castles, forest parks, planetariums, aquariums, kid –friendly museums will bring to kids as they discover enchanting Ireland.

For starters, Dublin has many places for kids. Hop off to the Book of Kells in Trinity College. The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript of the gospels. Letters and pages are decorated with fascinating creatures, angels and religious characters outlined in a kaleidoscope of colors. Each page glows like magic. Kids would surely be entranced.

Saint Stephens Green is a good picnic ground. The Victorian-style park is covered with green grass, shaded trees, an artificial lake and a gazebo for mini concerts.

Step into the Natural History Museum, a kid-friendly museum that houses animals of Ireland – extinct giant Irish deer, Irish foxes, seals, otters, birds and a lot more.

Dublina provides hands-on history of medieval Dublin. Kids get to step into a replica of a medieval town – pass by a clothing stall and try on clothes, stop by a spice stall and guess the spice and play a drum. Lastly, climb the Saint Michael’s Tower and get a bird’s eye view of Dublin.

Dublin Castle is an 800 year old decayed castle with birds roosting in the eaves.

Adjacent to the castle is the Dubh Linn Gardens, a wide expanse of grassy land with park benches.

Muckross Traditional Farms in Killarne, County Kerry provides kids with a taste of farm life in the 1930’s. Kids get to discover what it is like to live in cottages with no electricity, bake bread on open fire and farm with horses, cows, sheep and ducks. Kids also learn how to milk cows and make butter.

Kids will surely love a ride in a “jaunting car”, a horse-drawn cart. Ride through lakes and woods. Jaunting cars are stationed in the center of Killarney town and at Muckross House.

Kids can also drop by the Killarne Museum of Irish Transport. Everything on wheels – cars, bicycles, horse carriages, antique cars, fire engines are on display.

Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium in County Kerry is a great way for kids to experience marine life. Enter an ocean tunnel filled with eels and fish. At the Touch Pools, hold starfishes and silk rays and look for camouflaged flatfish in the sand. In another tank, sea bass, spider crabs, dog fish and rays, aquatic species at Dingle Harbor can be found.

Kids can go dolphin watching in County Kerry. The kids can ride the waves in search of Funghi, Dingle’s resident dolphin who hangs around near the Kerry coastline.

At Louis Mulcahy Pottery Workshop in Dingle, kids are taught how Irish pottery is made, glazed and painted. Best of all, kids can try their hand at pottery-making.

Tralee in County Kerry is home to Tralee and Dingle Steam Railway. Kids can hop on a ride from Tralee to Blennerville on a steam train. Right after; tour the 18th century Blennerville Windmill. Find out what it takes to grind grain powered by energy from the wind.

In County Kilkenny, canoe adventures for the whole family await. Ride the rapids and paddle along a serene river.

At County Cork, children can ride the Dursey Island Cable Car which traverses the whole of County Cork.

Shell Planetarium, the only planetarium in Ireland showcases star exhibits.

Children can also take a stroll around Foto Wildlife Park in Cork and “rub elbows” with cheetahs, penguins and much more.

Cocos Adventure Playground in County Down, Northern Ireland is a large indoor playground for children under fourteen replete with slides, activity playgrounds, ball pools and a play area for toddlers.

The extraordinary rock formations of the Giant's Causeway on the North Antrim Coast have been recognised as a World Heritage Site and each year draw many thousands of visitors to the area. Few are disappointed - it truly is a remarkable place. The causeway...

I sure hope this lot will help you out, wish you good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 20

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