- Ireland: where is the "Emerald Isle" located?
- How to get to Ireland?
- Holidays in Ireland
- Irish beaches
- Souvenirs from Ireland
To study information about where Ireland is located, travelers begin planning to try delicious beer and the famous stew in this country, capture medieval castles in pictures with their own hands, visit the clubs and pubs of Cork. The high season in Ireland falls during the summer months, when the air warms up to + 20˚C and above.
Ireland: where is the "Emerald Isle" located?
Ireland (area 70,273 sq. Km) is a northern European state, most of which is located on the island of the same name. In the south there is access to the Celtic Sea, in the east - to the Irish Sea, North Sea and St George's Channel, in the north and west - to the Atlantic Ocean. On the north side with Ireland (capital - Dublin), the highest point of which is the 1,040-meter Mount Carrantuil, is bordered by Northern Ireland (the length of the border is 360 km).
The Republic of Ireland consists of the counties of Longford, Carlow, Meath, Limerick, Kerry, Galway, Cavan, Leitrim, Sligo, Tipperary, Wicklow and others (there are 26 of them).
How to get to Ireland?
The Moscow - Dublin flight, which lasts about 4 hours, is operated by S7. Connecting flights involve making stops in Amsterdam (7, 5-hour journey), Madrid (you will have to spend 13, 5 hours on the road), Hamburg (tourists will find themselves in the Irish capital 7 hours after departure from Moscow airport). As for the residents and guests of the Belarusian capital, they are sent to Dublin by Air Lingus (flights via Paris or Frankfurt). Those who need to be in Shannon will be offered to fly via Berlin (9, 5-hour journey) or Paris (10 hours will have to be laid on the road). Vacationers in England can get to Ireland from the ports of Liverpool, Swansea, Holyhead in about 2 hours.
Holidays in Ireland
In Ireland, it is worth paying attention to Dublin (famous for the Old Jameson Distillery, Dublin Castle, St. Patrick's Cathedral, the 120-meter Dublin Needle monument, the National Leprechaun Museum, Garden of Memories, Phoenix Park), Cork (guests admire St. Finbarr's Cathedral, Desmond Castle and St. Anne's Church, visit the English Market and the Crawford Art Gallery, walk along St. Patrick Street, where they can find a monument to Theobald Matthew), Waterford (travelers visit the Norman Reginald's Tower, Holy Trinity Cathedral, as well as exhibits 3 branches of the Treasure Museum), Shannon (tourists are offered to go to Folk Park, where the village atmosphere of the 19th century is recreated, as well as to the medieval castle of Banratty), the Aran Islands (tourists are interested in attractions in the form of Dun Aonghasa and Dun Eochla forts, St. O'Brien, a hive-shaped stone hut), Killarney National Park (the park is 10,000 hectares, where the forest is located, gardens, moorlands, mountains, and also inhabited by martens, deer, badgers, blackbirds, white-fronted geese, wrens; as for local lakes, trout and salmon are found in them).
Irish beaches
- Killiney Beach: the beach is family-friendly and is equipped with a lifeguard tower, toilet, large parking lot.
- Inishmora beach: not everyone will dare to swim on this beach because of the rather cold water even in the summer months, but everyone will be able to walk along the coast or play active games here.
- Ballybunion Beach: Surrounded by caves and cliffs, this beach offers a relaxing break or surfboard.
Souvenirs from Ireland
Before leaving for home, in Ireland it is worth getting sheep wool sweaters with unique patterns, tin souvenirs, products with the image of a shamrock, and Irish whiskey.
