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Travel Editor, Irish Independent | Travel Writer w/ @NatGeoTraveller , @RTE , @PatKennyNT et al. | Author, Secret Dublin | He/Him
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Last Seen Profiles
Because there's more to Ireland than green beer. Happy
#StPatricksDay
... a new cut of this vid with just a taste of my Irish travels this year.
#LoveIreland
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Thrilled to write this cover story on the greatest little island in the world for National Geographic Traveller. In shops now.
@NatGeoTravelUK
#NGTUK
#LoveIreland
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Some incidental prices on the Canary Islands this week…
▪️20 paracetamol (chemist) - 0.65c
▪️500ml water (shop) - 0.50c
▪️1x cortado (coffee, at a table on a central square) - €1.20
Thoughts?
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I'd like to share a photo a day, to distract us and dream of when we travel again. I'll start with a surfer at Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal. Share your photos with me (taken anywhere, anytime) using
#WhenWeTravelAgain
, and I'll post one at 8pm daily until we can explore again. 📸
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30-foot sharks in Keem Bay, Achill Island. Basking sharks were once heavily fished here, and are an endangered species, which adds a resonance to their return. Read more:
🎥
@seandmolloy
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Is this the steepest street in Ireland? West View, Cobh, Co Cork, also called 'The Deck of Cards'. Or do you know of others that are steeper?
#purecork
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Walked a stretch of the Beara Way on Bere Island in thick mist. And then this...
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I think it's time to stop listing 'complimentary wi-fi' as a perk included in a hotel deal. 🙄
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The Healy Pass, crossing from Cork to Kerry on the Beara Peninsula. A world-class wow moment.
#WildAtlanticWay
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What do you think of these?
@BloomfieldHotel
in Mullingar got in touch about its refurbed family suites, which can sleep up to six. I've added them to our growing list of hotel rooms for larger families in Ireland...
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Guess where? I think we need a mosaic-tiled shopfront revival…
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Meet Mulligan and Murphy, the new Irish wolfhound pups at
@ashfordcastle
... guests can do morning walks and take photos with them. Wolfhounds are a feature at
@RomanticCastles
hotels, too.
#LoveIreland
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Beautiful footage of a 25-foot basking shark in Achill Island's Keem Bay, by Seán Molloy of
@achilltourism
. Basking shark feed on plankton, and are listed as a vulnerable species. Details:
#WildAtlanticWay
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Good to see hotels getting creative with rooms for larger families. This sleeps six. Can you guess where it is? Dropped in for a look today…
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A new 'cruise-ferry' is sailing from Ireland to Spain.
@BrittanyFerries
Salamanca takes 1,000 passengers, bikes, and has 22 pet-friendly cabins. Journeys are over 27 hours though...
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What's your favourite beach in Ireland?
Here's the Top 10 from our Reader Travel Awards 2023 (full results out 2moro). More on Keem Bay here: …
#indotravelawards
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You’ve heard of walking on water… today I was cycling on it (and through it). This is the floating boardwalk on Acres Lake in Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim.
#EnjoyLeitrim
w/
@ElecBikeTrails
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The Beara Peninsula... Ireland's best-kept secret? Wrote this for today's
@IndoWeekend
&
@Indo_Travel_
travel:
#WildAtlanticWay
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The view from Dublin to Snowdon in Wales this week... incredible capture by Niall O'Carroll (Insta: ncarroll22). Full story:
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A little hope. Hundreds of iconic buildings around the world will shine green lights in the global darkness for St Patrick's Day...
#StPatricksDay
#GlobalGreening
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Many Irish pubs are struggling. Here’s a re-imagined community hub in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
@bridgestreetbar
does music, hosts clubs from comedy to chess and kayaking, has a Saturday pizza truck, a co-working space... and much, much more. Keep it lit.👌
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Guess the pub? It's in Ireland. I'd narrow it down, but... if you know it, you know it 🍻
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500 drones danced in the Dublin skies to wish the world a Happy
#StPatricksDay
. Kudos to
@TourismIreland
for their creativity in times of Covid.
Read more:
#LaFheilePadraig
#GlobalGreening
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I hope Ireland's tourism and hospitality businesses, many of them hanging on by a thread, get the good news they deserve in
#Budget2021
. They have created so many jobs and so many beautiful memories. They can do again. But they need support and vision. Now.
📸
@Failte_Ireland
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What's your favourite beach in Ireland? I took this photo at Dunmore East, Co Waterford. I love the sense of a solitary swimmer (see her?) with the sea to themselves, briefly. Every day at 8pm, I'm sharing a photo for
#WhenWeTravelAgain
.
Gallery:
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This photo stopped me in my tracks. A solitary tree captured pre-dawn in the
@Ballyhoura
region of Co Limerick, near Ardpatrick. 👌
#LoveIreland
#WhenWeTravelAgain
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The Healy Pass, on the Beara Peninsula. It straddles the Cork and Kerry border here. I've been editing photos, and this one stopped me up. Have you ever been?
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Tip: Did you know
@DublinAirport
has 18 ‘hydration stations’ where you can fill water bottles for free? Bring an empty bottle and fill it after security. Save cash + trash.
#traveltips
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Delighted to be named Travel Writer of the Year at the Travel Media Awards 2019. It's voted for by media colleagues and peers, so it means a lot. Thank you!
#TMAwards19
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In Ireland, you can find beaches all to yourself. Here’s a walk to Trá Mór in Co Donegal... read more about it here: via
@Indo_Travel_
#WildAtlanticWay
#coolestplace
#donegal
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Flew across the USA from New York to LA. What a landscape. From Manhattan to Lake Michigan, farms of Nebraska to deserts of Nevada. 🛫🇺🇸
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Basking sharks close to shore at Keem Bay, Achill Island. They were once fished to the point of being endangered in this very bay; beautiful to see them returning summer after summer. They are harmless to humans, but advice is to watch from a distance.
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Don’t ya just love Ireland. Had to stop the car and park up to capture this double whammy. Dunguaire Castle, Co Galway this afternoon.
#LoveIreland
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The same tank of petrol is in my car since Paddy's Day.
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Driving the 'long' way from Dublin to Cork. Any tips for stops to break the journey... a bite to eat, stretch of the legs etc? Not service stations... something a bit more memorable. Thank you!
#LoveIreland
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Here's a simple idea that reduces touch points in a restaurant - scan the QR code, and you're taken directly to the menus. Saves paper, printing and table space too. This one's from
@TanneryDungarva
. Know of any others?
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Pierce Brosnan pulls on the green jersey! Kudos to
@TourismIreland
for this - it's great to see famous faces and the Irish overseas keeping her lit until we can travel again. 🙌
#FillYourHeartWithIreland
#WhenWeTravelAgain
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A reminder that booking hotels direct can save money... here are the quotes I got while making a booking today 👇
*€230 (booking. com)
*€220 (hotel website)
*€165 (after chat on phone)
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Honoured and grateful to be named Travel Journalist of the Year at
#TravelWritersAwards
. Especially since so much of my work this year was inspired by my home; Ireland. Thank you
@TravelExtraIre
.
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Before and after shots of the Stoney Steps in Kinsale, Co Cork, this past week. 'Well-behaved women seldom make history,' reads the inscription above pirate, Anne Bonny, painted by
@splattervancork
&
@Helokok
. What a difference it makes 🙌
#purecork
#Kinsale
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Ireland's longest ever greenway launches today... the 130km Royal Canal Greenway travels through four counties, from Kildare to Longford. Can't wait to be able to get there!
@royal_canal
@waterwaysirelan
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This is my final 8pm photo for
#WhenWeTravelAgain
, from the Blasket Islands. From tomorrow, we can explore Ireland once again (note attached). Thank you for reaffirming what travel means to me during lockdown: diversity, curiosity, respect 🙌
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Cahill’s of Limerick, since 1870. Selling snuff, tobacco, men’s shaving products and 120+ varieties of tea. ‘What else can I tell you, only that we’re here. That people should take time,’ Eleanor Purcell told me.
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I broke one of Cork's cardinal rules in taking this photo at the Hi-B Bar. Unwittingly, it has to be said. And no, it wasn't by drinking Guinness. Notes attached.
#PureCork
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‘Take a coat if you are cold, leave a coat if you don’t need it anymore’ - South Mall, Cork City
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If Covid-19 continues to creep up, it will break Irish tourism, and a lot more besides. Let's take this weekend to get those good habits back!
-hand hygiene
-physical distance
-wear face coverings on public transport and in shops
-cough into arm/tissue
-avoid crowds
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Beautiful Ballybunion beach, Co Kerry, Ireland. (📸
@deirdreoc_o
). I'm sharing a photo at 8pm every day to distract us and dream of
#WhenWeTravelAgain
. Share yours with me... our gallery is growing.
#LoveIreland
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Walking the Raven Point loop in Co Wexford was my first outing after lockdown. It's one of 50 great Irish walks featured in the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent this weekend. Get yer boots on! 🥾🥾 🇮🇪
#MakeABreakForIt
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A soft day in Glengarriff, on the Beara Peninsula. Rain that would seep under your skin. Seaweed squelch. A palette of green, grey and brown.
#WildAtlanticWay
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Check out this building... 'The Whale' is a new museum set to open in Andenes, 300km inside the Arctic Circle in Norway, in 2022. It's one of the best places in the world to watch whales from the shore. 📸 The Whale, Dorte Mandrup, MIR
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Greystones, Co. Wicklow. Every so often, life just throws a pure burst of colour your way - here it’s a field of rapeseed, stretching to the sea.
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Coffee in a real cup, and lunch served to our table. Another simple pleasure returns. Best of luck to all the bars and restaurants reopening for outdoor service in Ireland today. We’ve missed ye! 🙌
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A break from the news.
@UniqueAscent
shared this pic of his seven-year-old son at Muckish Gap, Co Donegal. I can practically taste the fresh air!
#LoveIreland
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No-shows are likely to be an issue as restaurants reopen. Do you think a deposit of €50 for a table of six is fair?
Is a deposit of €50 for a table of six for dining on reopening fair?
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Lonely Planet's Top 10 cities to visit in 2020. No. 4, anyone? Full story:
1. Salzburg, Austria
2. Washington DC, USA
3. Cairo, Egypt
4. Galway, Ireland
5. Bonn, Germany
6. La Paz, Bolivia
7. Kochi, India
8. Vancouver, Canada
9. Dubai, UAE
10. Denver, USA
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A proper bohareen (from the Irish for 'small road' or 'cow road') on the Beara Peninsula. The tunnel-like lane glows orange with wild montbretia flowers. **Not actual driving speed!!!
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Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal. A surfer in the fading light over Marble Hill beach this evening. Over the years, I’ve stopped here several times to find the same scene. Suddenly, city life doesn’t seem so special.
#WildAtlanticWay
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The no. of tourists coming to Ireland on walking and cycling holidays has grown from 37,000 in 2012 to 1.8 million in 2017, per
@Failte_Ireland
today.
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I want to say thank you. My column for
@IndoWeekend
is a letter to our tourism and hospitality heroes. Thanks so much for hanging in there 🙌
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Walked from Doolin to the Cliffs of Moher on the coastal trail. What an amazing path; what raw energy this ocean bears.
#WildAtlanticWay
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The Burren. One stunted ash tree, a rock dumped by a glacier, and the molten form of Mullaghmore.
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I'm a sucker for lonely trees. This one comes from the Burren, in Co Clare, with the swirling mound of Mullaghmore in the background. It's today's 8pm photo for
#WhenWeTravelAgain
. Gallery:
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What's your favourite piece of street art in Ireland? I love this mural of Dolores O'Riordan, singer with The Cranberries, by
#AchesDub
in Limerick. It's today's 8pm photo for
#WhenWeTravelAgain
.
Gallery:
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Guess where?
A touch of snow in May, on a beautiful Irish mountain.
📸
@UniqueAscent
#LoveIreland
#WhenWeTravelAgain
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A new walk through the Silaire Woods in Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, includes this 400m boardwalk made from recycled plastic (a blend of household items like bottle caps and margarine tubs)...
#WhenWeTravelAgain
#kilkenny
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Guess where?
My window on the world last night. Stars were in hiding alas, but a late sunset made up for it.
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'Looks like rain'.
Stunning photo of a very ominous looking Dublin skyline. Thanks for sharing,
@FaolainLuke
!
#LoveDublin
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My first time to visit
@FoxfordMill
in Foxford, Co Mayo. WAY more to it than throws. Bright, space to browse, lots of Irish design goodies... and a fish cake with Clarke's organic salmon from Ballina, to boot.
#NorthMayo
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Guess where?
It's in Ireland - though not the usual perspective you see on this breathtaking beach...
#LoveIreland
#WhenWeTravelAgain
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Delighted, stunned & proud to have won Travel Writer of the Year at
#BGTWawards
. Thank you
@TravWriters
!!!
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'Nothing to see here but another beautiful, empty beach in Donegal...' Lovely piece by
@bairbrepower
on the stunning Inishowen Peninsula.
#Donegal
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Up Tipp! 'Cosy, characterful' Tipperary has been named as one of the best places in the world to visit in 2022 by
@CNTraveler
... 🙌
@VisitTipp
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Little Skellig, viewed from Skellig Michael. The islands are 13km off the Kerry coast. It took me three tries to get there (weather cancellations). I'm sharing a photo at 8pm daily to dream of
#WhenWeTravelAgain
. Share yours with me, too. Gallery:
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Encountering cows on an Irish road will never be the same again 😬
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What should every hotel room have, but often doesn't? For me, bedside power points, blackout curtains and bathroom hooks top the list. What about you?
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The mother of Irish cliff walks? From Doolin to the Cliffs of Moher takes less than two hours. Read more:
#WildAtlanticWay
@Indo_Travel_
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A wine shelf from a city centre supermarket in Santander. I know all prices are relative to their local economies, but… 👀
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Trá Bán through a ruin on the Great Blasket Island. The black patch in the middle of the beach is a huge herd of seals. What a beautiful place.
#WildAtlanticWay
#Kerry
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What are the best food trucks in Ireland to try once inter-county travel resumes tomorrow? Here's one that popped up near me in Greystones, Co Wicklow. Let me know your picks!
#journorequest
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Sea stacks, no crowds, 5,000+ years of history and cliffs higher than the Cliffs of Moher... The Céide Coast in Co Mayo might be the best scenic drive you've never heard of. In today's
@IndoWeekend
...
#WildAtlanticWay
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Tip: It's always worth calling a hotel directly before booking. Today, I was quoted €169 for B&B online. I got it for €139 over the phone.
#traveltips
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Small moment, HUGE pleasure. Talk about micro-travel... a few feet from the back door.
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What's better than a basking shark in Keem Bay? A basking shark with a pod of dolphins. Super footage from
@jonjomayo
off Achill Island 👏 👏 Read more:
#WildAtlanticWay
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Nothing to see here... just a humpback whale breaching off the coast of Cork
#purecork
Well this just happened!
A humpback breaching fully out of the water in
#Clonakilty
Bay on this evenings trip from
#Courtmacsherry
.
Thank you Michelle Kincaid for capturing this incredible footage.
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The Knight's Walk in Glin, Co. Limerick. It takes just over an hour. I did it in winter, but imagine this in spring, summer, autumn... Full details: via
@Indo_Travel_
#LoveIreland
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Look at this autumn awesomeness... Martry Mill, Co Meath, has been grinding since 1641. It still produces unadulterated flour today.
#BoyneValley
#BoyneValleyFlavours
#IrelandsAncientEast
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