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🇬🇧 Final thoughts Ireland, you have been grand (Mostly) After twelve days wandering the Emerald Isle, it’s time to sort through the good, the bad, the ugly… and yes, even the weird. ✅ The Good The Irish themselves top the … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 With Ryanair and warm saké along the way Our departure from Dublin was at the positively luxurious hour of 10 a.m. — a time that allowed for the smug satisfaction of not having to stumble bleary-eyed into an Uber … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Bacon, rain & self-congratulation Another early night, another bad night’s sleep. Between nightmares and a stomach that behaved like a bodhrán at a ceilidh, I woke up more times than a nervous leprechaun guarding his pot of gold. So … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 We woke up indecently early again (apparently Ireland is turning us into morning people), well-rested thanks to the Celtic House B&B. Our room came equipped with two double beds — which meant I could starfish myself across one of … Continue reading →

⸻ 🏰 Early Contacts (12th–16th centuries) • 1169: The first Norman knights (invited by an Irish king looking for help in a local feud) landed in Ireland. • This led to the Anglo-Norman conquest, with England’s King Henry II asserting … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 After an excellent night’s sleep, I woke with that particular craving only the British Isles can truly understand: a nice, strong cup of tea to shock the eyelids into action. Mission accomplished, our plan was clear — make it … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 From Donegal crowds to Galway busy charms We packed up this morning with a heavy heart (and a heavier suitcase) to head for Galway, our base for the next three days. But before embarking on our westward migration, we … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Castles, shoes, Seals and a surprise pub queue We started the day in what I like to call a “civilised hour” — 9am. Any earlier and it’s breakfast, any later and it’s brunch, and frankly, I can’t handle that … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 The day began with a fairly sharp start, which is travel-speak for “too early but necessary.” The cure? A Full Irish breakfast—a meal so calorific it could power a small village, or at the very least, keep six tourists … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 A Titanic start and a whiskeyed finish The alarm rang cruelly early, but when you’ve booked six people into the Titanic Experience for 9 a.m., you either rise with purpose or you sink without trace. Belfast’s pride and heartbreak, … Continue reading →