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Photos with comments about W. B. Yeats' grave; Blarney, Dunluce and Kilkenny Castles; views of Dingle, Kinsale, Giants Causeway. (Sound)
http://home.golden.net/~jledger/ireland.htm

A guide relating to a 1997 trip through the Aran Islands, Doolin, The Cliffs of Moher, and the Beara Penninsula.
http://www.isye.gatech.edu/~sman/mike/ireland

A travelogue of two young men's long weekend in Ireland in October, 2000 that includes photos of Belfast trouble spots.
http://www.travelhog.net/insicknessandinhealth/

Ian Middleton is a travel writer based in the UK. Read a sample chapter from his new book on Ireland.
http://www.geocities.com/middleian/blarney.html

Travel journal and photos by Lewis and Betty Nolan of their March, 2002 return visit to Ireland's rugged Dingle Peninsula.
http://www.geocities.com/lewis_nolan/1IRE02.HTML

Over 80 photos with descriptions of historic buildings and locales visited by 12 students and a professor in 2000.
http://ireland.wlu.edu/springtravel/index.html

Account of a 112-mile hike around the Dingle Peninsula by a father and daughter after her graduation from college.
http://www.lehigh.edu/~wwt1/Dingle/ireland.html

Brief overview of the book author's descriptions of the geography of the land and the character of its people.
http://www.brandonbooks.com/dingle_by_mount_eagle.html

Family's 1,000-mile driving tour of Northern Ireland and the Republic, including County Fermanagh, ancestral home of the Cassidys.
http://netti.nic.fi/~bcassidy/Irelanddiary2001.html

World traveler A. Marsh Gardiner's view of Dublin's pub culture, with impressions of Dingle, Galway and other popular spots. With photos.
http://www.earth2marsh.com/journal/dublinjournal.htm

Journal of a couple's six-day hike from Dublin to Enniskerry in February, 1999. Included are photos, many "how-to" tips and links to other walking and cycling tours in Europe by the authors.
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/AN...R/wandelen/wicklow/wicklowE.html

Californian Keith Rosicker offers 20 offbeat observations about Ireland and the Irish in this account of his visit to Doolin, Dublin, Waterford and other popular spots.
http://www.home.ix.netcom.com/~keithfr/2001_travel.htm

A couple follows a trail of famine sites while touring coastal spots.
http://home.att.net/~nolantravels/97ir1.html

Lyrical reflections on Irish history and culture, with photos, from 2000 tour by Mats and Pari Arvendale of popular and less known locations including Ring of Kerry, Rock of Cashel, Burren and Clonmacnoise monastery.
http://www.arvendalstudios.com/eire/tour2000/index.html

A 1993 tour of Ulster hot spots including Belfast, Bogside, Derry and Shankhill followed by a swing through historic places in the Republic, with photos.
http://www.arvendalstudios.com/eire/tour1993/index.html

Chet Raymo's 1998 musing in the Boston Globe about spending a night in the Dingle Peninsula's ancient Gallarus Oratory.
http://www.boston.com/globe/sear...ealth/science_musings/100598.htm

A Danish couple toured popular locations in the Ennis-Galway-Shannon areas of Southwest Ireland by bus in July, 2000. Site offers many photos, insights into the sights of the sites visited plus star-ratings for B&B's, pubs and restaurants.
http://www.promoweb.dk/ireland2000/

Public Television's Rick Steves gives detailed directions on touring Dingle Peninsula's historic and scenic sights.
http://www.ricksteves.com/pledge/ireland/dingletours.htm

Travelogue with photos of March, 2003 visits to ancient ruins near Dingle Peninsula's Slea Head Drive.
http://nolantravels2.home.att.net/3ding1.html

Two Chicago couples drive 1,350 miles in 12 days to visit many poplar and some lesser known spots. With photos.
http://www.vittoe.com/2005/index.html

Syracuse University senior spends spring break, 2000, touring and taking photos of Ireland, which he describes in five words: "green, medieval, festive, jovial, tradition."
http://www.davidmetraux.com/ireland.html

Jeff and Linda Clarey's battled a lot of rain and took a lot of photos during their coastal driving tour around the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in June, 2000. Home page builds slow.
http://home.new.rr.com/jclarey/Ireland/index.html

Limited commentary but many photos by a well-traveled German who rode buses and hitched rides to visit some of Ireland's most scenic areas in 1999.
http://frederik.freeshell.org/travels/irl99/index.html

An Israeli computer programmer and a friend visited many celebrated and lesser known spots during eight days in 2003.
http://www.metalgrass.com/ron/ireland

A kaleidoscope of photographs with traveler's comments on popular spots including Powerscourt gardens, Dingle Peninsula, Aran Islands.
http://www.bamjam.net/Ireland/index.html

Quick overview of Dingle's charms.
http://www.globosapiens.net/travel-information/Dingle-447.html

A couple from Virginia took many photos during their visits to the Guinness plant in Dublin, Killarney, Ring of Kerry and Dingle, where they hiked to Ventry Beach.
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~tlo5c/Ireland/dublin1.html

A descriptive journal report of travels through the Dingle Penninsula, Doolin, Galway, Connemara and the Aran Islands. Includes photos and travel tips.
http://www.toddadams.net/stories/travelog_ireland.htm

Travel writer Dave Fox visits pubs in Dingle and Galway that feature Irish music.
http://www.davethefox.com/words/irishmusic.htm

New Jersey couple's well-researched account of visits to many popular and less known locations throughout Ireland including Dublin's Jewish Museum and stops along a literary pub crawl tour.
http://www.geocities.com/markleeper/ireland.htm

Account (with slow-loading photos) of Quinnipiac University Prof. Terry Ballard's 2003 visit to several libraries and other locations to research, scan and digitize Irish historical materials.
http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/li...s/tballard/report/footsteps.html

A professional sandcastle sculptor from Texas visits Cregg Castle near Galway and other locations in 1998.
http://www.sandyfeet.com/europe/ireland.html

A California website designer spent three weeks touring and photographing Ireland in May, 1998. His account includes critical comment and insights into common and uncommon subjects like how to deal with plumbing.
http://www.jonsullivan.com/misc/ireland.php3

Further adventures (with slow-loading graphics) of a librarian touring Ireland to digitize Irish historical materials.
http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/libraries/tballard/footsteps2.html

Photos and comments by Californian Michael Lima about several religious places off the beaten track including Knock, where apparition of Virgin Mary was reported.
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/3953/98/index.htm