Ireland in the Step by Step series by Insight Guides focuses on providing tailor made walks & tours around the country. The guide features sixteen route recommendations that link up better known sights & take you off of the more beaten track; they are written by local experts who have personally selected places to eat & drink en-route & who offer insider tips on culture, shopping & nightlife. The guide has an array of colour photographs which help bring to life the background & descriptive information provided for destinations & attractions. An overview chapter opens the guide & reviews geography, customs & culture, history, food & drink, shopping, culture & entertainment. Next feature the selected itineraries for walks and/or tours, each of which have a good amount of accompanying information & come with a simple route plan. A user friendly alphabetical directory lists practical information to do with day to day basics & listings of h&-picked hotels & restaurants are provided to suit different budgets & tastes. The publisher ...

Nobody knows Ireland like Lonely Planet. Whether you're after traditional music or contemporary cuisine, grand stately homes or jaw-dropping coastal views, this 9th edition gives you all the information you need for an unforgettable stay. Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical & honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip. In This Guide: Detailed itineraries help you plan your perfect trip Best B& Bs & hotels, handpicked by our authors Unique Green Index to make your travels more ecofriendly ...

The true Irish insider`s guide to the very best Ireland has to offer. This fully comprehensive & independent guide to Ireland gives you only the very best recommendations, whatever your budget. Brought to you by the Mc Kennas, who have over 30 years` experience writing & talking about Ireland`s amazing food, drink & hospitality. Following the format of Scotland the Best, Scotland`s bestselling guide for 25 years. Easy-to-use guide with over 2000 recommendations; * Eat at the best local cafes & regional restaurants * Great advice on where to sleep, from wild camping to boutique hotels * Discover stunning scenery, landscapes & historical highlights * Find the best coastal walks, city strolls & sightseeing spots * Explore the true culture of Ireland & discover local hidden gems Local experts John & Sally Mc Kenna are your personal guides to the very best of Irel&, from the streets of Belfast to the hills of Galway. They have visited, rated & remarked on every entry to help you get the most out of the Emerald Isle. ...

Touring Atlas of Ireland at 1:328, 000 from Collins in an A4 paperback format with clear mapping showing roads with speed enforcement zones, a special guide section describing main sights, 11 indexed street plans, etc.30 pages of maps have altitude colouring to show the topography with additional graphics for woodlands & national parks, plus plenty of names of peaks, etc. Road network is very clearly laid out & indicates locations of speed enforcement zones (Eire only), average speed cameras (NI only), & fixed speed or safety cameras. Driving distances are indicated on main roads in kilometres & miles. Railways lines are shown with stations; ferry routes & local airports are also included. Symbols mark various places of interest including Blue Flag & Green Coast beaches. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Where appropriate, in the Irish Republic English & Irish place names are shown. Clear large street plans, each covering two-thirds of one page & indexed for streets & places of interest, cover Dublin & Belfast (each with additional tourist guide), plus Bangor, Cork, Drogheda, D ...

Ireland Touring Map from a selection of four road maps from Collins, presenting the two countries on a different base (colouring to show topography, administrative counties or white) & with different selection of additional road & tourist information:GEOGRAPHIC BASE: 6.5 miles to 1 ...

Large full colour map of the whole of Ireland showing the road network in detail, & with a special emphasis on places of tourist interest. This map has a handy touring scale of 7.5 miles to 1 inch (1:475, 200). It has over 20 categories of tourist information depicted on the map with clear, colourful red & yellow symbols. There is a full index to place names & places of interest.
Includes:: All classified & most minor roads. Railway network & ferry routes. Viewpoints & sandy beaches. Speed enforcement zones & safety camera locations. Index to 20 categories of tourist information.

Includes:: castles, historic houses, gardens, beaches & golf courses.


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Ireland at 1:450, 000 from OSI, the Ordnance Survey of Irel&, presenting the whole island (Eire & Northern Ireland) in a choice of three different versions with the same base map enhanced by different additional information: The base map shows the road & rail networks, with place names in their traditional English versions, plus the Irish names where appropriate (Cork/ Corcaigh, Limerick/ Luimneach, etc). Also marked are county boundaries. The three versions then have: Driving Map (this title): has a plain white base for clearer presentation of the road network & the driving distances shown national & regional routes. Rivers & lakes are shown but beyond it there is no topographic information on mountains, national parks, etc. The index is in a separate booklet attached to the map cover. Touring Map:

Includes:: in addition names of mountain ranges & peaks or spot heights to indicate the topography. Road network shows scenic roads & a range of symbols highlight campsites, youth hostels, golf courses (indicating 9 or 18 holes), nature reserves, race courses, etc. Enlargements at 1:120, 000 show in greater detail road access to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway & Belfast. The map also has a distance table. The index is in a separate booklet attached to the map cover. Leisure Map: has a similar base to the Driving Map (i.e. no topography) & no scenic routes, but provides more prominent & more extensive symbols highlighting leisure facilities: campsites, youth hostels, golf courses (indicating 9 or 18 holes), nature reserves, race courses, marinas & moorings, beaches, etc. The map also shows selected long-distance footpaths & cycle routes. No index is provided.

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Ireland in the National Geographic Traveler guide series, produced by America’s leading travel publishers, exploring a range of cities, regions & countries worldwide & using the expertise & tradition of National Geographic to provide a comprehensive survey of each destination. Each of the guides in the series draws upon National Geographic’s rich history of travel experience & is researched by authors familiar with the area. Whilst the content is influenced by an American editorial style, individual titles are still accessible to a non-American audience, with a combination of practical guidance & detailed information included in each guide. The series also relies upon the extensive image libraries of National Geographic to present a rich visual image of each destination. Individual National Geographic Traveler titles are organised uniformly, allowing readers to access information quickly & easily. Introductory sections provide information on Charting your Trip, with details of getting there & around & a History & Culture chapter profiling history, food & drink, land & landscape, flora & fauna & arts & literature. Chapter are arranged geographically by region, with notable cities & areas principally describing the main sites & attractions, with further information on directions, history & practicalities. There are also a number of individual features & insider tips throughout each guide covering subjects such as walking tours, local culture, driving tours, recommended local experiences & in-depth thematic short histories of the culture & histories of individual regions. A Travelwise section at the back of each guide provides essential practical information on when to go, what to take, further reading, getting there & around, local etiquette, media, holidays, money matters, religion, smoking, time differences, opening times, travellers with disabilities & accommodation. Restaurants & hotels are listed with brief descriptions & information on prices, location, contact details & facilities for the relevant regional chapters in the guide. ...

Where is Ireland`s soul? This is the question that surface time & again in ” Ireland Unhinged”, a searching, sometimes scathing, often hilarious journey through a country that in the space of a few years has fallen from the dizzy heights of the `bouncy-castle` boom to the bewildering depths of the crash. ” Ireland Unhinged” is a story of reverse emigration to Cork City & then rural Waterford, from cosy US confines to the true Wild West of these last years. David Monagan`s sharp eye pinpoints the excesses & absurdities of modern Irel&. But his real search is for the enduring essence of his adopted country, as revealed in his meetings with literary legends, with witches & monks, with property developers & gnomic farmers. It is a riveting memoir of a family adapting to a strange l&, & an unflinching portrait of Ireland today. ...

Ireland Touring Map from a selection of four road maps from Collins, presenting the two countries on a different base (colouring to show topography, administrative counties or white) & with different selection of additional road & tourist information:GEOGRAPHIC BASE: 6.5 miles to 1 ...