Best Travel Guide to Ireland’s Lesser Known Destinations by K.C. Dermody

We find a resort that sounds interesting and we quickly go to read the reviews. If you have ever tried reading reviews on sites like trip advisor, you can probably relate. The challenge we face every time we want to take a trip is my wife and I simply get overwhelmed with travel planning, researching, and figuring out exactly what to do and where to go. We love going on vacation to new destinations and having a good time. The Problem: My family and I love to travel. 5.Hi! I’m Kern Campbell and I started Addicted To Vacation out of necessity ( yes, necessity – lol). Visitors come away with a stirring narrative that they’ll love to share with others for years to come. Whether exploring the James Joyce Museum or swapping stories with locals over a pint of Guinness, a visit to Dublin is a unique and memorable experience. Actors lead visitors from pub to pub past literary landmarks and regale participants with excerpts from Dublin’s most famous authors.

Equally popular are the city’s pub crawls, of which the literary pub crawls are perennial favorites. The latter may explain why the Guinness Storehouse, home of Ireland’s celebrated brew, is the most visited attraction in Ireland.

For its collection of prehistoric gold, Celtic art and Viking artifacts, the National Museum of Ireland is worth a visit as well.Įasy-going locals are a sociable lot known for their wit, charm and passion for good food and drink. Patrick’s Cathedral, completed in 1260 and still the nation’s largest cathedral. Historical attractions include Dublin Castle, a Norman fortress built in 1204, and St. Housed at Trinity College, the alma mater of writers like Bram Stoker and Samuel Becket, the Book of Kells is a rare, ornamented copy of the four gospels of the New Testament. Dublin is the home to literary giants like Oscar Wilde, James Joyce and George Bernard Shaw, so it’s no surprise that one of the city’s greatest attractions is a 1200-year-old book. Other cities in Europe may be known for art or music Dublin is renowned for its literature.

The city treasures its past while never forgetting to live in the present. Most of the city’s inhabitants live in outlying suburbs, however, and Dublin’s main travel destinations are located in the center of the city.Ī city with a thousand-year-old past, Dublin is both an historical city and a bustling modern-day port. The capital of the Republic of Ireland, Dublin is surprisingly large for a country with a total population of around five million people.

Best Travel Guide to Ireland’s Lesser Known Destinations by K.C. Dermody