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Encyclopedia > Tourism in Ireland

Contents

Destinations

Armagh - ecclesiastical capital of all Ireland.
- St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh - seat of the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh.
Clare
- Burren
Cork
Dublin
- Dublin Castle - seat of British rule, now a major tourism centre.
- Dublin Zoo
- Hill of Howth
- Phoenix Park - largest inner city park in the world.
- �ras an Uachtar�in - residence of the President of Ireland.
- Glasnevin Cemetery - burial location of Eamon de Valera, Michael Collins, Roger Casement, Tim Healy, Sean T. O'Kelly, memorial to Irish war dead in First World War, Republican Plot, etc.
- St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral - seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin.
- Trinity College Dublin (also called the University of Dublin) Ireland oldest university, founded by Queen Elizabeth I and home of the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow. (The film Educating Rita was made on the campus.)
- Georgian Dublin - view of eighteenth century streetscape of Dublin.
Galway
- Aran Islands - Irish gaeltacht speaking islands in Galway bay.
- Connemara - Irish gaeltacht (gaelic speaking area).
Kildare
- Maynooth - ecclesiastical capital of the Republic of Ireland.
Meath
- Newgrange - a monument older than the pyramids.
- Knowth - a similar monument even more impressive than Newgrange that has only recently been opened for visitors.
- Boyne Valley - location of the above two and other monuments.
- Hill of Tara - seat of Ireland's ancient High Kings.
- Kells - where the Book of Kells was written.
Limerick A quickly improving modern city in the midwest.
Kerry Scenic rural county in the south west.
- Dingle
- Valentia Island, Europe's most western point.
- Tralee Home of The Rose of Tralee.
Westmeath Centre of Ireland - attractive lakes.
- Athlone Castle - old castle in Athlone Town
- Belvedere House and Gardens - Historic Gardens near Mullingar
- Lough Owel and Lough Ennell - beautiful lakes

Airports

There are also many small regional airports in remote parts of the country, for instance, the Aran Islands. This is a list of the main airports:

Tourism Bodies

Tourism Ireland (formerly known as Bord F�ilte)

Tourism Ireland \| The Official Corporate Website for Tourism Ireland (275 words)
	This corporate site is designed to provide you with information on Tourism Ireland - the organisation, on our activities and on the business of overseas tourism to Ireland.
	It has been devised to build on the positive progress made on a range of strategic areas during 2006 and designed to fulfill our ambition to grow tourism to the island of Ireland at a faster rate of growth than international tourism.
	This summary report presents the findings of the Review of the North American market commissioned by Tourism Ireland and conducted by TTC with assistance from tourism industry partners on the island of Ireland and in North America.

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