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fiogf49gjkf0d DUBLIN:
THE MEDIEVAL PART OF DUBLIN IS THE HISTORIC HEART
OF THE CITY. O'CONNEL STREET IS THE CENTRAL POINT
OF THE CITY. A PRINCIPAL POINT FROM WHICH TO
BEGIN A TOUR.
ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE RIVER LIFFEY IN PARNELL
SQUARE IS THE ROTUNDA HOSPITAL WHICH MAKES UP
THE ASSEMBLY ROOM AND A SUPERB CHAPEL BUILT IN THE
18TH CENTURY WHICH HAS A ROCOCO ROOF.
IN CHURCH STREET THERE IS ST MICHAN CHURCH BUILT IN
THE 17TH CENTURY. IN THE CHURCH THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL
SCULPTURES FROM WOOD TO SEE AND ALSO THE CRYPTS.
ON THE EAST OF O'CONNEL STREET IN MALBOUROUGH STREET
THE CATHEDRAL OF STE-MARIE BUILT IN THE GREEK STYLE,
AND ALSO THE ABBEY THEATRE, FOUNDED BY YEATS IN
1904.
IN THE HIGH STREETS OF LOWER GARDINER AND AMIENS THE
CUSTOMS HOUSES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST REDNOWNED
RELICS OF ANOTHER ERA.
ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE LIFFEY IS TRINITY COLLEGE
FOUNDED IN 1591 BY ELIZABETH THE 1ST.
THERE IS ALSO THE MARKET ARCADE A PICTURESQUE MARKET
COVERED IN RED BRICK BUILT IN THE NEOGOTHIC STYLE.
ON DAME STREET CAN BE FOUND DUBLIN CASTLE. CLOSE TO
THE CASTLE IS THE TOWN HALL AND CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL,
WHICH IS THE OLDEST IN IRELAND.
ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE RIVER IS PHOENIX PARK REPUTED TO
BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL URBAN PARKS IN THE WORLD.
CORK:
PERHAPS THE BEST PLACE TO BEGIN A TOUR OF THE CITY IS
ST PATRICKS BRIDGE AND ST PATRICKS STREET A PRINCIPAL
ARTERY OF THE CITY. ON PAUL STREET IS THE CHURCH OF
ST PIERRE AND PAUL.
FOLLOWING CORNMARKET STREET AND THEN COAL QUAY WHERE
THERE IS A FLEA MARKET AND A FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
MARKET.
SOUTH MALL IS THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL PART
OF THE CITY, NOT FAR FROM HERE IS THE CHURCH OF
FATHER MATHEW BUILT IN 1832 IN THE GOTHIC STYLE.
IN OLIVER PLUNKETT STREET THERE IS THE PRINCIPAL
PORT. ACROSS PARNELL BRIDGE ARE THE CUSTOMS HOUSES.
OTHER SITES INCLUDE THE CHURCH OF ST ANNES SHANDON,
THE CURCH BELL CAN BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AT
THE SIDE OF THE CHURCH IS THE BUTTER MARKET AND
SKIDDY HOUSE, THE POOR HOUSE.
IN THE CORK AREA IS ALSO THE FAMOUS BLARNEY CASTLE
OF THE 15TH AND 17TH CENTURY.
OTHER REGIONS:
CONNEMARA IN THE WEST. HOUSES WITH THATCHED ROOFS,
PEAT CUTTING AND THE CONNEMARA DONKEYS. THIS IS
REPUTED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND AT THE
SAME TIME WILD REGIONS IN IRELAND.
THE ARAN ISLANDS A SHORT BOAT TRIP FROM GALWAY.
THE REGION OF BURREN A DESERT OF STONE.
IN THE NORTH OF CONNEMARA IS MAYO WHERE THERE ARE
SUPERB BEACHS AND ALSO THE PENINSULA OF MULLET.
SOUTHEAST:
ENNISCORTHY - FOLK MUSEUM; ENNISCORTHY CASTLE.
WEXFORD - VIKING SETTLEMENT; MARITIME MUSEUM.
WATERFORD - WATERFORD GLASS FACTORY; FORTIFICATION OF
REGINALD'S TOWER.
CASHEL - THE ROCK OF CASHEL.
KILKENNY - CATHEDRAL; KILKENNY CASTLE.
SOUTHWEST:
CORK - RIVER LEE; GRAND PARADE; MEDIEVAL RED ABBEY; ST.
FINBARRE'S CATHEDRAL; SHANDON CHURCH; BLARNEY
CASTLE; BLARNEY WOOLLEN MILLS; PATRICK'S STREET;
PATRICK'S HILL; BLACKROCK CASTLE.
COBH - ST. COLMAN'S CATHEDRAL.
YOUGHAL - ST. MARY'S COLLEGIATE CHURCH; FIVE MILE BEACH.
KINSALE - OLD HEAD CLIFFS.
KILLARNEY - LAKE DISTRICT; MUCKROSS HOUSE; MUCKROSS ABBEY.
DINGLE - STAIGUE FORT; RING OF KERRY.
WEST:
LIMERICK - ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL; BUNRATTY CASTLE; BUNRATTY
FOLK PARK.
CLARE - THE BURREN; CLIFFS OF MOHER.
GALWAY - LYNCH'S CASTLE.
MAYO - CROAGH PATRICK.
ACHILL ISLAND - IRELAND'S LARGEST ISLAND; MOUNTAINS; FARMS;
KINSALE - OLD HEAD CLIFFS.
KILLARNEY - LAKE DISTRICT; MUCKROSS HOUSE; MUCKROSS ABBEY.
DINGLE - STAIGUE FORT; RING OF KERRY.
WEST:
LIMERICK - ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL; BUNRATTY CASTLE; BUNRATTY
FOLK PARK.
CLARE - THE BURREN; CLIFFS OF MOHER.
GALWAY - LYNCH'S CASTLE.
MAYO - CROAGH PATRICK.
ACHILL ISLAND - IRELAND'S LARGEST ISLAND; MOUNTAINS; FARMS;
BEACHES.
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