Index A Arklow Golf Club, 212–213 Bar Bacca/La Lea (Belfast), 592 Abbey Tavern (Dublin), 186 Armagh, County, 604–607 Barkers (Wexford), 253 Abbey Theatre (Dublin), 188 Armagh Astronomy Centre and Barleycove Beach, 330 Accommodations, 660–665. See Planetarium, 605 Barnesmore Gap, 559 also Accommodations Index Armagh City, 605 Battle of Aughrim Interpretative best, 16–20 Armagh County Museum, 605 Centre (near Ballinasloe), Achill Island (An Caol), 498 Armagh Public Library, 605–606 488 GENERAL INDEX Active vacations, best, 15–16 Arnotts (Dublin), 172 Battle of the Boyne Adare, 412 Arnotts Project (Dublin), 175 Commemoration (Belfast Adare Heritage Centre, 412 Arthur's Quay Centre and other cities), 54 Adventure trips, 57 (Limerick), 409 Beaches. See also specifi c Aer Arann Islands, 472 Arthur Young's Walk, 364 beaches Ahenny High Crosses, 394 Arts and Crafts Market County Wexford, 254 Aille Cross Equestrian Centre (Limerick), 409 Dingle Peninsula, 379 (Loughrea), 464 Athassel Priory, 394, 396 Donegal Bay, 542, 552 Aillwee Cave (Ballyvaughan), Athlone Castle, 487 Dublin area, 167–168 433–434 Athlone Golf Club, 490 Glencolumbkille, 546 AirCoach (Dublin), 101 The Atlantic Highlands, 548–557 Inishowen Peninsula, 560 Airlink Express Coach Atlantic Sea Kayaking Sligo Bay, 519 (Dublin), 101 (Skibbereen), 332 West Cork, 330 Air travel, 292, 655, 660 Attic @ Liquid (Galway Beaghmore Stone Circles, Alias Tom (Dublin), 175 City), 467 640–641 All-Ireland Hurling & Gaelic Aughnanure Castle Beara Peninsula, 330, 332 Football Finals (Dublin), 55 (Oughterard), 476 Beatty, Sir Alfred Chester, 144 Altamont Garden, 91, 202 Austins (Derry), 633 Bective Abbey (near Kells), 229 American Express, Dublin, 112 Aviva Stadium (Dublin), 171 Belfast, 571–596 Ancient Ireland Avoca Handweavers accommodations, 585–589 best of, 9–10 Avoca, 211 Black Taxi Tour, 577 suggested itinerary, 73–75 Connemara, 478–479 emergencies, 575 An Creagán Visitors' Centre Dublin, 173, 174 getting around, 574–575 (Creggan), 640 Moll's Gap, 349 getting there, 572, 574 Andrew Jackson Cottage Avondale House & Forest Park nightlife, 592–596 (Carrickfergus), 596–597 (Rathdrum), 204 outdoor pursuits, 585 Angling. See Fishing pubs, 575 Angling Kinsale, 314 B restaurants, 590–592 Anna Livia (Dublin), 155 Backroads, 84, 89 seeing the sights, 575–583 AnOige, 87 Badger Cave (Blarney), 301 shopping, 583–585 Antrim Coast, 608 Baginbun Head, 248 side trips from, 596–607 Apartment (Belfast), 592 Ballina (Béal an Atha), 423, 498 U.S. consulate general, 575 Aran Island Ferries, 472 Ballinderry, 423 visitor information, 574 Aran Islands, 441, 471–473 Ballinskelligs, 346 Belfast Castle, 576 Aran knit sweaters, 484 Ballintubber Abbey, 499–500 Belfast Cathedral, 576 Aras an Uachtaráin (Dublin), 141 Ballycroy National Park, 88 Belfast City Marathon, 52 Architecture tours, 57 Ballyferriter, 375 Belfast Zoo, 576–577 Archive's Antiques Centre Ballyhack, 248 Belleek, 645 (Belfast), 583 Ballyhack Castle, 247 Belleek china, 647 Ardara (Ard an Rátha), 545, 549 Ballymaloe Cookery School Belleek Visitors Centre, 646–647 Ardara Heritage Centre, 550 (Shanagarry), 321 Belltable Arts Centre Ardclinis Activity Centre Ballynahinch Castle Hotel, 480 (Limerick), 412 (Cushendall), 612 Ballyshannon, 540 Ben Bulben, 518 Ardgillan CastleCOPYRIGHTED and Demesne Ballyvaughan, 432 MATERIALBenburb Valley Park, Castle, and (Balbriggan), 194 Baltimore Diving Centre, 331 Heritage Centre, 606 Ardhowen Theatre (Enniskillen), Ba Mizu (Dublin), 184 Benwee Head, 506 653 Banba's Crown (Fíorcheann Bergin Clarke Studio Ardmore High Cross, 265–266 Éireann), 559 (Rathdrum), 212 Ards Forest Park, 553 Bandon Pottery (Enniskeane), Biking and mountain biking, Ards Peninsula, 598–602 329–330 83–85 Area codes, 665 The Bank on College Green Ards Peninsula, 600–601 The Ark: A Cultural Centre for (Dublin), 184–185 Athlone, 490 Children (Dublin), 162 Bantry House, 326 Connemara, 479 674 119_9781118027653-bindex.indd9_9781118027653-bindex.indd 674674 110/6/110/6/11 110:530:53 PPMM Cork City, 306 Boating (boat rentals). See also The Bureau (Belfast), 583 County Meath, 234 Kayaking; Sailing The Burren, 432–437 County Tipperary, 398 Athlone and Banagher, 490 Burren Bird of Prey Centre County Waterford, 267 Carrick-on-Shannon, 527–528 (Ballyvaughan), 434 County Wexford and County County Clare, 424–425 The Burren Centre (Kilfenora), GENERAL INDEX Carlow, 254 Fermanagh Lakelands, 650 434 Derry, 633 Bogs Burren National Park, 88, 433 Dingle, 379–380 Connemara, 473, 475, 476 Burren Smokehouse Donegal Town, 536 Peatlands Park, 606 (Lisdoonvarna), 441 Dublin, 112 The Bogside (Derry), 626, Burren Way, 433 Fermanagh Lakelands, 629–630 Burtonport (Ailt an Chorrain), 649–650 Boland's Kinsale Crafts, 313 550 Galway City, 464 The Bolton Library (Cashel), 396 Bus Éireann, 57 Kildare, 225 The Book Centre Business hours, 665 Killarney, 364 Kilkenny City, 280 Bus travel, 658, 660 Kinsale, 314 Waterford City, 267 Buttermarket, Enniskillen Craft Mourne Mountains, 620 The Book of Kells (Dublin), and Design Centre, 649 northern Donegal Bay, 546 141, 144 Button Factory (Dublin), 189 Sligo, 519 Books, recommended, 46 Byrne's Bookstore & World of the Southeast, 281 Booley Bay, 248 Wonder (Wexford), 253 Sperrin countryside, 643 Boyle, 523 West Cork, 330–331 Boyle Abbey, 524–525 C Billy Delaney Cabs (Kilkenny Brandon Bay, 379 Café en Seine (Dublin), 185 City), 275 Brandon Gallery, 378 Caha Mountains, 332 Bird-watching, 90–92 Brandon's Bar (Ennis), 431 Caherdaniel, 346 the Atlantic Highlands, 553 Bray, 165 Cahersiveen, 344 County Clare, 434, 441 Bray Head, 165, 170 Cahill Cycles (Naas), 225 County Tipperary, 398 Brennanstown Riding School Cahir Castle, 396–397 County Wexford, 254 (Kilmacanogue), 213 Calendar of events, 52–56 Dingle Peninsula, 380 Breweries and distilleries Cape Clear Island, 331, 333–334 Dublin, 168 Dublin, 154–155 Carlingford, 235–236 Fermanagh Lakelands, 650 Locke's Distillery Museum Carlingford Adventure Rathlin Island, 612 (Kilbeggan), 489 Centre, 96 Sperrin Mountains, 643 Old Bushmills Distillery, 611 Carlingford Heritage Centre, West Cork, 331 St. Francis Abbey Brewery 235–236 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, 247 (Kilkenny City), 277–278 Carlow, County, 201–206, BirdWatch Ireland, 91 Brian de Staic (Dingle), 378 209–210, 216–217 Birr Castle Demesne, 488 Bridge Mills (Galway City), 464 Carnlough, 608–609 Birr Golf Club, 490 The Bridge Pottery Carrantuohill, 344 Black Abbey (Kilkenny City), (Burnchurch), 280–281 Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge 275–276 Bridges of Ross, 441 (Larrybane), 609–610 Blackstairs Mountains, 255 Brigid, St., 225 Carrickfergus, 596–597 Black Taxi Tours (Belfast), Britton and Daughters Carrickfergus Castle, 597 57, 577 (Rossnowlagh), 542 Carrigafoyle Castle (near Tralee), Blackwater Anglers (Kilmore Broad Street Centre (Waterford 386, 387 Quay), 255 City), 267 Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Blackwater estuary, 261 Browne's Hill Dolmen Cemetery, 516–517 Blackwater River, 306 (Carlow), 204 Carrowmore Megalithic Blarney Castle, 300, 301 Brown Thomas Cemetery, 515, 517 Blarney Lake, 301 Dublin, 172 Car travel, 655–658 Blarney Stone, 300, 301 Galway City, 466 Cashel, 394 Blarney Woollen Mills Limerick, 409 Casino Marino, 194–195 near Cork City, 307 Brú Ború Heritage Centre Castle Coole (near Enniskillen), Dublin, 178 (Cashel), 396 647 Blasket Island Ferry, 377 Bruxelles (Dublin), 185 Castle Espie (Comber), 91–92, Blasket Islands, 375 BT2 (Dublin), 175 599 Blennerville Windmill, 387 Bull Island, 168 Castlegregory, 375–376 Blessington Lakes Leisure, 214 The Bull Ring (Wexford), 245 The Castle Inn (Caislean Ui The Bloody Foreland, 550 Bumblebee Festival (Tralee), 52 Cuain; Kilkenny City), 287 Bloomsday Festival (Dublin), 53 Buncrana, 557, 559, 560 Castle Leslie (Glaslough), 651 Blue Haven (Kinsale), 314 Bundoran, 540 Castle Lough, 426 Blue Pool Nature Trail, 360, Bunratty, 419 Castlepark Marina Centre 364–365 Bunratty Castle and Folk (Kinsale), 314 Blue Raincoat Theatre Park, 420 Castles, best, 8–9 (Sligo), 523 Bunratty Village Mills, 424 Castletown (Celbridge), 222 Bunratty Winery, 421 Castletroy Golf Club, 409 675 119_9781118027653-bindex.indd9_9781118027653-bindex.indd 675675 110/6/110/6/11 110:530:53 PPMM Castle Ward (Strangford), 599 Clare Museum (Ennis), 421 getting there, 325 Castlewellan Forest Park, 619 Clarenbridge, 468 outdoor pursuits, 330–332 The Cat & the Moon (Sligo), 514 Clarke's Sports Den (Navan), restaurants, 338–339 Cathach Books (Dublin), 172, 174 234 seeing the sights, 326–329 Cathedral of St. Columb Clerys (Dublin), 172 shopping, 329–330 (Derry), 630–631 Clifden, 475 visitor information, 325 The Causeway Coast, 607–617 Cliff s of Moher, 437–439 Cork and environs, 60 Causeway Coast Path, 613 Cloghane, 376 Cork Arts Theatre, 309 Cavan Crystal Craft & Design Cloghereen Nature Trail, Cork Butter Museum (Cork Centre, 525 360, 365 City), 301–302 Cave Hill Country Park Clonalis House (near Castlerea), Cork City, 290–309 (Belfast), 577 525–526 accommodations, 296–298 C. Bonner & Son (Ardara), 552 Clonmacnoise (near drugstores, 295 Ceardlann an Spidéil/Spiddal Shannonbridge), 488–489 emergencies, 295 GENERAL INDEX Craft Village, 449 Clonmel, 394 gays and lesbians, 295 Céide Fields (Ballycastle), 500 Clonmel Civic Swimming getting around, 294–295 Celbridge Cycle, 225 Pool, 399 getting there, 292, 294 Cellphones, 667–668 Clonmel Equestrian Centre, 398 hospitals, 295 Celtic Angling (Ballingarry), 409 Clonmines, 248 Internet access, 295 Celtic Clays (Carlingford), 238 Clonshire Equestrian Centre layout, 294 Celtic Cycling, 85, 212, 254, 267, (Adare),