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The Best of Ireland 1 The Best of Ireland For visitors, Ireland is an ideal country to traverse, and with its varied and extensive offerings within a compact frame, it’s visually addictive. Within a few miles, you can travel from rugged coastline to smooth pastureland to towering mountains to gloomy peat bog. You can spend the night in ancient castles or modern spa hotels, dine on fine Irish cuisine or snack on fish and chips. The sheer number of sights, villages, charming pubs, and adorable restaurants and shops is overwhelming—you always feel that you might be missing something. The country’s varied offerings can be a bit daz- zling, so it’s nice to have somebody help you focus. That’s why we’ve put together this list of some of our favorite places and things in Ireland. We hope that while you’re here, you’ll find a few of your own. 1 THE BEST PICTUREPOSTCARD TOWNS • Dalkey (County Dublin): The cutest of • Kinsale (County Cork): Kinsale’s nar- a string of upscale seaside towns in row streets all lead to the sea, dropping suburban Dublin nicknamed “Bel Eire” steeply from the hills around the har- for their wealth, beauty, and density of bor, although the crowds of visitors celebrity residents, Dalkey is both a teeming on the sidewalks every summer short drive and a million miles away attest to the fact that the Kinsale secret from the busy city. With a castle, a is out. The walk from Kinsale through mountaintop folly, lovely beaches and Scilly to Charles Fort and Frower Point some fine restaurants, this is a town that is breathtaking. Kinsale has the added tempts you to settle into its comfortable benefit of being a foodie town, with no affluence. See chapter 6. shortage of good restaurants. See chap- • Carlingford (County Louth): The ter 9. ancient name for this gorgeous little • Dingle/An Daingean (County Kerry): town is Cuan Aighneach, which means Dingle is a charming hilltop medieval “Haven of the People with the Perfect town. Its stone buildings ramble up and Reputation.” With its castle ruins over- down hills, and its small population is looking the glassy lough, and pedestrian- relaxed about visitors. It has lots of little friendly lanes filled with colorful shops, diners and picturesque pubs, and a cafes, and pubs, this place tends to live lovely, historic church. See chapter 10. up to its COPYRIGHTEDreputation. See chapter 7. • Kenmare MATERIAL (County Kerry): It’s easy to • Inistioge (County Kilkenny): Nestled in fall in love with Kenmare, with its stone the Nore River Valley, surrounded by cottages, colorful gardens, and flowers undulating hills, this riverfront village overflowing from window boxes. It’s with two spacious greens and a host of also home to several elegant hotels, so pubs cries out to be photographed. Its makes an enchanting base when explor- rivers and lakes are swimming with fish ing the Ring of Kerry. See chapter 10. and attract hosts of anglers. See chapter 8. 2 THE BEST PICTUREPOSTCARD TOWNS 1 THE BEST OF IRELAND Ireland 0 30 miles N SSCOTLANDCOTLAND 0 30 kms MMalinalin HHeadead BallygormanBallygorman CCuldaffuldaff BBayay RRathlinathlin II.. TToryory II.. BBallyliffinallyliffin GGiant’siant’s CCausewayauseway RosguillRosguill FFairair HHeadead ry Sound PPortrushortrush BBallycastleallycastle To FanadFanad IInishowennishowen N BloodyBloody ForelandForeland PPortstewartortstewart BushmillsBushmills A2 o BuncranaBuncrana ColeraineColeraine CCushendunushendun r A2 t GGolaola II.. MMilfordilford LoughLough h To Troon A37 BBallymoneyallymoney RReded BBayay OOweywey II.. 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