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Ireland Travel Packages

By Seth Miller

Ireland travel packages are a wonderful and easily-attained way of seeing the beauty of Ireland. You can take advantage of all kinds of discounts when you buy the airfare, room and board, dining, activities, and other travel excursions all at the same time. Many people do this year round, but especially in the summer, when the weather is fine.

The opulence of Ireland is magnificent. It is easy to see why this country has been an inspiration for music, art, literature, theater and poetry for centuries. To capture the magical beauty of Ireland, you can take advantage of travel packages with which you can experience the tremendous beauty of Ireland.

The packages are varied in features. There are walking and biking tours, river cruises or self-guided walking tours or tours taken in rental cars. Walking and biking tours give you a close-up view of Ireland, and meandering through its narrow village streets helps you in understanding the local culture and region, and allows you to meet new people.

River tour packages also are special and enjoyable in their own special manner, allowing you to cruise through the country?s waterways. Cruise ships are big enough to carry a good number of passengers in comfort. The interesting self-drive tours let you drive through Ireland and appreciate its beauty and cultural richness. The packages can easily be customized according to the individual?s needs. The packages include lodging, food and sightseeing. The packages suit your interests and budget, and make your traveling experience affordable and pleasurable. [http://www.e-IrelandTravel.com]Ireland Travel provides detailed information on Ireland Travel, Ireland Budget Travel, Ireland Travel Deals, Ireland Travel Packages and more.

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Guinness: A Dublin Legacy

By Ronan Menton

Guinness is an Irish institution , and if you visit any pub in Ireland you will see Guinness has pride of place at the bar. Often referred to as ‘the black stuff,’ Guinness is a stout beer which is typically a malt beer with a caramel flavour and bitterness in the finish. Guinness is made with four natural ingredients (water, barley, hops, yeast) and with the addition of isinglass during the filtration process.

Guinness was first brewed in 1759, but it was not until 1769 that the beer was exported. Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for an unused brewery - St. James Gate brewery in 1959, a lease that cost only £45 per year. Today St. James Gate is the second largest brewery in the world and amazingly 10 million glasses of Guinness are drunk every day across the world.

In Ireland the way Guinness is poured is always a talking point. If you are in an Irish bar you are sure to hear people comment on the quality of their pint, which would be strange anywhere else but in Ireland. The Irish are obsessive about their Guinness, and go as far as only buying pints from barmen they trust or send back pints because there are bubbles in the head. It is a theory in Ireland that the closer the keg is to the tap, the better the Guinness.

Guinness is world-famous for the unique way it is poured. Best served cool, Guinness should be poured slowly into a glass at an angle so bubbles do not form. Once filled three quarters of the way, the Guinness is left to stand and settle. Once settled, the pint should be ‘topped up’ by holding the Guinness under the tap, and by pushing the tap forwards. A pint pulled in such a manner will have a creamy head that will last till the end. As stated in one of Guinness’s adverts, the perfect pint of Guinness takes 1:20.5 seconds.

If you are planning to visit Dublin, be sure to enjoy at least one pint of Guinness in a traditional bar, preferably with Irish stew and brown bread.

Ronan Menton is the webmaster for a number of travel related websites and has been for some time in Ireland, associated with search engine optimisation in the Irish travel industry. He spends two months a year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and now sees it as his second home.

Among the many sites he is currently working on are the following: [http://www.e-car-rental-ireland.com/]Car Rental in Ireland and [http://www.international-car-rentals.com/]International Car Rentals.com.
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You Need An Ireland Golf Vacation!

By Jason Powers

You need an Ireland golf vacation, heck, I need an Ireland golf vacation, who doesn’t? There is simply nothing more relaxing and soothing on earth than a wonderful Ireland golf vacation. Ireland is one of the most gorgeous places to see, it is so green and so lush. It is full of a vibrancy that is just not felt here And if you love golf you will be in heaven on an Ireland golf vacation.

The golf in Ireland is world renowned for its amazing wonder. The courses are fabulous to play on and just as fabulous to look at. You have not seen green until you have gone on an Ireland golf vacation.

When you do take your Ireland golf vacation you need to make the most of it. This means not just sticking to the golf courses. Of course you are going to spend a lot of time on them but you need to take some time out to see what else Ireland has to offer you. There is so much to see and do in Ireland and it might get hard to fit it all into your Ireland golf vacation so plan out the sites you want to hit. This will help you to manage your time in the best way.

Since you are going to be spending a significant amount of time on the links on your Ireland golf vacation you need to try to plan your other excursions around your tee times. Look at the schedule and see what works best for you. Once you have your times on your Ireland golf vacation you will then be able to plan your other sight-seeing around your golf games. This is efficient and effective and it will keep you from feeling like you are missing something on your Ireland golf vacation and that is the most important thing. You need to be able to relax and enjoy what you are doing on your Ireland golf vacation.

You will want to find out what time other sites open and close in order to be able to plan in the best way. You may want to shift a tee time here or there on your Ireland golf vacation to make room for another thing to see if the times do not seem to jive. Don’t worry, there is plenty of time to do it all on your next Ireland golf vacation.

Jason Powers, a devoted golf fan, offers more golf tips on his personal website ===> http://www.golfsites.info/
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A Haunted Irish Holiday

By Kelly Damien

There are many, many holiday homes available in Ireland, and if you would take the time to browse the Internet for websites specializing in Irish travel tours, you will not find it hard to snag the perfect holiday home for your vacation in Ireland. But if you want to experience something special that will make your trip to Ireland truly memorable, why not go and book a stay in a haunted home?

Ireland has a long history, with some periods of it graced with warfare among clans and within clans, not to mention warfare between the Irish natives and the invaders from Normandy who came with William the Conqueror in 1066. Much of these periods of violence were witnessed by the stone castles that dot the Irish landscape; more often than not, the owners or former owners of these stone castles took part in them. But not all hauntings were of lost soldiers who died in fighting; there were some hauntings with stories have a more personal note.

One of these haunted homes is Renvyle House Hotel in County Galway. Although it was completely rebuilt after being burned down by the Irish Republican Army, Renvyle House Hotel itself has a history that spans 120 years. This property was once a favorite abode of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. Yeats had dabbled in the occult and was said to have witnessed apparitions and heard unearthly sounds. Nowadays, it is said that Yeats himself has joined the ghosts that haunt Renvyle House Hotel.

Ballygally Castle Hotel in County Antrim is another castle reputed to have an otherworldly resident. Stories are afloat that there was a Madame Nixon who lived and died in Ballygally Castle Hotel and whose wandering spirit now likes to tease guests by knocking randomly on their doors.

Another story is that of a Lady Isabella Shaw, who threw herself and her baby daughter to their deaths after failing to deliver a baby boy. It is said that her sobbing and her daughter’s cries can be heard in the castle.

These are just two of the famous haunted castles in Ireland. So, if you want a uniquely otherworldly stay in a holiday home in Ireland, search the Internet for some haunted castle hotels and stay for the night.

"Travel in Ireland" is the tourism guide for Ireland. "Travel in Ireland" specializes in holiday homes in Ireland. "Ireland Tours" has the largest selection of accommodations in Cork.

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Favorite Irish Recipes

(HELPFUL HINT: 1 ounce = 28.35 grams, or "grammes;" thus your 250 grammes of ham or bacon is 8.8 ounces - little over half a pound! To convert grams to ounces, multiply grams by 0.0353. And we all should know that 750 ml is the familiar "fifth" of a gallon. Oh, and rillette means "plank" in French.)

By Dara Ward

Are you sick of the same old food? Want to try that something different? Perhaps you want to impress the lady or man in your life with your culinary skills. Below are some of the best Irish recipes around.

Bacon and Cabbage Soup

Ingredients:
1 Medium Onion sliced
Butter-5-60 Grammes
4 medium potatoes peeled and sliced
1 Cabbage-use Savoy or Spring cabbage
Chicken Stock-750ml
Salt and Pepper
Bay Leaves-5 for flavour
250 Grammes Ham or Bacon
Toss the butter onto the pan as add the sliced onions as it begins to melt. Add your potatoes nicely sliced and the cabbage. Cook for about 3 minutes. Add the stock, continue to cook. Throw in the bay leaves and bring to the boil. Turn heat down and cook until potatoes are soft. Add the ham or bacon and simmer for 30 minutes. Season as required with salt and pepper.

Rillettes of Fresh and Smoked Salmon

This is a great little snack for those hot summer days.
Ingredients:
225 Gramme Poached Salmon Flaked
175 Gramme Smoked Salmon cut into small pieces
3 Spoons Fresh Cream
I spoon of Horseradish Sauce
Some chopped Dill
Chopped Chives
Salt and Pepper
I pinch of Cayenne Pepper
1 good squeeze of fresh lemon
Throw all the ingredients into a bowl and mix well. Serve as a chilled salad or in a sandwich. Its that simple. Delicious!

Dara Ward is an expert on all things Irish. He even cooks for his wife at home. He operates over 20 Irish travel websites which offer instant bookings for 120 Hotels in Dublin He also runs Self Catering Cottages in Ireland.

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Great News on Monday!

Well, I got some great news today! My youngest daughter, an hyphenated Kelly-, is pregnant and the baby is due December 24! Don't know the gender yet, but it's time to celebrate my third grandchild!

Mom, Dad, and Baby, who live in Dallas, are all doing well!

More news as we receive it!

Thanks, Lee