Photo: NASA Goddard, Sunny Day in Ireland (Some rights reserved)
What would locals like others know about Ireland? Presenting relevant links in a somewhat random fashion:
Headlines
Biden to visit Belfast for Good Friday Agreement anniversary
13 pilgrim pathways for your next Irish adventure – @Johngodwyer1
Manifestos show disconnect from environmental reality
An Irish pub born in the Dark Ages – BBC
We have a new word for that feeling when travel makes everything new
Brexit: UK needs to reveal solution to North Border, says Varadkar
Clare is being “poorly served” by the tourism industry – @clarechampion
Visitors Top One Million Mark at Cliffs of Moher
How tidy towns became eco-centres
Launch: Burren Way Volunteer Warden Scheme – @irelandways
2,000-year-old bog butter unearthed
Plans for Northern Ireland national parks should be revisited – @ninews
Meet The Lads Who Wrote The Books On Irish Slang
Donegal Ireland & The Wild Atlantic Way, The Road to Mars?
The best place to go wild in Ireland
Cycling around the Loop of love
Antrim farmer revives Irish famine potato
Tourism will suffer without real support for heritage
2020 General Election
rte.ie
irishtimes.com
newstalk.com
Sinn Féin surge makes Irish political history – Politico
Recommended listening
Shared Ireland – @SharedIreland
Irish History Podcast – @irishhistory
http://irishhistorypodcast.ie/podcast-road-trip-through-medieval-ireland
RTE – Podcasts – http://www.youtube.com/user/rte – @RTEplayer
http://www.2fm.ie – @RTE2fm
http://icecast2.rte.ie/radio1
http://icecast1.rte.ie/2fm
http://icecast2.rte.ie/lyric
http://icecast1.rte.ie/rnag
http://www.c103.ie – facebook – http://tunein.com/radio/C103-(North)-1026-s107786
The Irish uprising 1916 – One hundred years after the Irish Easter Rising, author Colm Toibin recounts the slow movements for independence that peaked in the rebellion in Dublin in 1916.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n07/colm-toibin/after-i-am-hanged-my-portrait-will-be-interesting
Remember, reflect and reimagine-Ireland’s Easter Rising – What’s to be gained from looking back, to your family roots, to another country?
@GeraldineDoogue
rte.ie/radio1/mooney
@NatureRTE
The Irish border is Brexit’s big headache—why is it there and what’s it actually like? – The Irish border—running along five hundred kilometres of rural land—is a paradox. Both visible and invisible, it’s vital to peace in Ireland.
Trivia
irishtrivia.com
Ancient Order of Hibernians
aoh.com
Facebook
Youtube
@hiberniandigest
Book of Kells
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized & Put Online
Facebook
Sustainable Tourism Ireland
Cultivate Ireland
EcoTourism Ireland
Tourism Pure Walking Holidays
Outdoors Ireland
Golden Eagle Trust
Ireland Green Travel
Flickr
Ecotourism Ireland – Catherine Mack
Tourism Pure Walking Holidays – Barry Murphy
Ireland Nature Search
Flickr Groups
Ireland Today
Irish Rugby
Ecotourism Europe
Imelda May
Imelda Mary Higham (born Imelda Mary Clabby; 10 July 1974), professionally known as Imelda May, is an Irish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Although known primarily as a singer, she also plays the bodhrán, guitar, bass guitar and tambourine.
imeldamay.co.uk
@ImeldaOfficial
Imelda_May
Geography and Landscape
Ireland lies to the northwest of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets.
To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain. The sovereign state of Ireland covers five-sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom) covering the remaining one-sixth of the island, located in the northeast.
Ireland’s geography is often referred to as being like a saucer, with mountains to 1,000 meters around much of its coastline (particularly in the West) and a mostly flat midlands. Located at the western extreme of Europe, Ireland has a wet climate, with parts of the western seaboard having an annual rainfall of up to 2000 mm. However, the Gulf Stream ensures that Ireland’s climate is mild, with summer temperatures rarely above +25 degrees Celsius and winter rarely below -5 Celsius. Due to its high rainfall, western Ireland’s landscape is dominated by Atlantic blanket bogs (peat), with the midlands comprising vast tracts of raised bog. The land improves into fertile agricultural terrain the further south and east one goes.
Tourism Portals
Ireland – @discoverirl @DiscoverIreland
Discover Northern Ireland
Fáilte Ireland – the National Tourism Development Authority was established in 2003 to promote tourism as a leading component of the Irish economy. Features include environmental guidelines and 2011 Press Releases
Tourism Ireland – Situation and Outlook Analysis Report
green
YouTube
Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions
representing the VEA sector in Ireland
avea.ie
@avea_ireland
More Travel Links
Lonely Planet – Ireland Travellers’ Reports
Blogs
sallygardens.typepad.com
tourismpurewalking.com/blog – flickr – @tourismpure
onewildlife.org – @OneWildLife
olivermoore.blogspot.ie/ – @oliver_moore
irishnetworkjapan.blogspot.com – @injtokyo
Pinterest
sheeps-head-peninsula
Festivals
Electric Picnic
Biodiversity
biodiversityireland.ie
http://www.biodiversityireland.ie/downloads/publications/biodiversity-ireland/
@BioDataCentre
Ireland’s first wildlife inventory reveals it is home to 31,000 species of flora and fauna
Ireland’s wildlife audit revealed
Irish Wildlife Trust – Irishwildlife
Culture
http://www.mediacontact.ie/mediahq/failteireland/52873/irish-culture-and-heritage-an-economic-asset.html
http://www.failteireland.ie/Utility/Media-Centre/Culture-and-heritage-tourism-%E2%80%93-An-emerging-economi.aspx
culturefox.ie
Food
Good Food Ireland
foodietowns.ie
ethicaltraveller.co.uk/2011/12/food-heroes-in-irish-tourism
Accessible Travel
Disability Access in Ireland
Cycling and Bike hire
irishcyclehire.com
Clew Bay Bike Hire
Great Western Greenway (Newport – Mulranny) Cycling & Walking Trail
History
historyhub.ie
@historyhub_ie
Facebook
Soundcloud
Sinn Féin
sinnfein.ie
@sinnfeinireland
@PearseDoherty
@mattcarthy
Wikipedia
Belfast
belfastcity.gov.uk
gotobelfast.com
Silent Valley Mountain Park
Shhh . . . silence is golden – Catherine Mack
St George’s Market
Bundoran
Bundoran – Discover Ireland
Ballyglunin
ballyglunin.com
Facebook
Burren
October 17 Sustainable Tourism Conference
Burren – Facebook
The Burren National Park
@BurrenGeopark
burrenbeo.com – @BurrenbeoTrust
Cavan-Monaghan LEADER’s vision is to develop sustainable rural communities throughout the Cavan-Monaghan region through the provision of a programme that will enhance the social, natural, human, physical and financial resources available to individuals and communities.
Carlow
carlow.ie – @Carlow_Co_Co
Libraries – Facebook – YouTube – @CarlowLibraries
County Clare
Clare News
Clare Library
Clare Museum
clarechampion.ie – @clarechampion
clarechampion.ie/clare-poorly-served-by-tourism-industry
County Down
Irish Name: An Dún, meaning “fort”
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/irish-county-down
The Unendowed and Rich History of County Down
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Down
Connemara
walkconnemara
cnocsuain.com – @cnocsuain
Cork
corkcity.ie
Cork
dromclochouse.com
Founded in 1993, Meitheal Mara – meithealmara.ie – is a community boatyard in Cork city involving community work & training, boat building, seamanship, maritime events and culture.
@MeithealMara
Cliffs of Moher – The mission at the Cliffs of Moher Visitors’ Centre is to develop and improve the delivery of a world class visitor experience in a safe, welcoming and informative manner while adhering to best practice in the conservation of the Cliffs of Moher, their environs and heritage.
Derry
visitderry.com
millenniumforum.co.uk
Wikipedia
Donegal
lovelybike.blogspot.ie
Dublin
Dublin Institute of Technology
dublinairport.com
dublintourist.com
@VisitDublin
dublincycling.com
Galway
@blackgategal
Sports
Ireland boasts its own indigenous national sports, collectively called Gaelic Games. Gaelic Football, Hurling and Handball are administered by the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association).
Croke Park is located on the north side of Dublin and has a capacity of up to 82,300. In addition to Gaelic sports, Croke Park has played host to Australia’s AFL, NFL Football from the US and boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The venue has also seen performances from the musical talents of U2, Tina Turner and others.
Aviva Stadium (capacity 50,000) replaced the demolished Lansdowne Road stadium as the home of Irish rugby and soccer in 2011.
Ireland is the home of steeplechase horse racing and is a major international breeding and training centre for thoroughbred flat racing – Horse Racing Ireland
sportsjoe.ie – @SportsJOEdotie
touchlinerugby.com
soundcloud.com/rtesport
Gaelic Games Official Website
Sport News – Independent
Rugby
irishrugby.ie
Facebook
YouTube
rte.ie/sport/rugby
Donegal
donegalcoco.ie – @donegalcouncil
govisitdonegal.com – @govisitdonegal
Donegal tourism industry join forces to launch new digital brochure
Kerry
Dip into 40 shades of green
Discover Killarney & the Ring of Kerry
Greener Side of Ring of Kerry (PDF, 4MB)
Kerry Walking Maps (PDF, 4MB)
Limerick
limericktourist.com
Limerick
openhouselimerick.ie – @OHLimerick
@LimerickCouncil
Munster
Munster
munsterrugby.ie
Shannon
shannonairport.ie
Sheep’s Head
Walking on water – Catherine Mack/Irish Times
thesheepsheadway.ie
Tipperary
The Tipperary Food Producers is a network of business working in the Food Sector in County Tipperary. Its objective is to represents, promote and showcase the best of Tipperary Food.
Ulster
goo.gl/maps/tNSB6kdFmw1p8Lkf7
bbc.co.uk/radioulster
Wikipedia
Wicklow
Wicklow Mountains National Park
visitwicklow.ie
History
Irish History Podcast – @irishhistory
historyireland.com – @HistIreHedge
News
Irish Times – Travel
David McWilliams
examiner.ie
Recommended Viewing
tv3.ie – Islanders – @TV3Islanders
Ireland – PBS
Transportation
Irish Rail
Bus Eireann
Rail Users Ireland – @RailUsersle
Irish Ferries – @Irish_Ferries
translink.co.uk – @Translink_NI
Weather
met.ie
Elsewhere on the Web
Tracks and Trails – Facebook – @tracksntrailsTV
irishcentral.com
How to travel to and from Ireland without flying
Enterprise Ireland
Comhaltas Traditional Music
barrysguidedtours.com – @barsguidedtours
theirishriviera.com
irelandhomestays.com – @irelandhomestay
electricescapes.ie – @ElectricEscapes
fuchsialanefarm.ie – @FuchsiaLaneFarm
theculturekitchen.ie – @culturekitchen2
alustforlife.com
swanireland.ie – @swanireland
drgearoid.com – @GearoidIrish
irishcatholic.com
Politics
greenparty.ie
Programme for Government (June 2020) PDF
Political Tours
coiste.ie
Politicians
Michael D. Higgins, President
president.ie/en – virtual-tour
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT_RKGsFnti_vktYPk8pgEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcvDcz2ppY0
https://soundcloud.com/arasanuachtarain
@PresidentIRL
https://www.facebook.com/PresidentIRL
Michael_D._Higgins
Cooking Classes
ballymaloe-cookery-school-gardens
find-ballymaloe-house
@Ballymaloe
Hangouts
v=8PSfOxP6wa4
v=94HeX8Q3jz4
Bingo
Beyond the pale – County – Diaspora – Gaelic – Gaeilge (Irish) – Great Famine – Guinness – Language – Monastery – Potato – Rugby – Snakes – Surfing – Taoiseach – U2 – Uachtaráin (President) – Wild Atlantic Way
Wikipedia
Ireland
Blarney Stone (Cloch na Blarnan)
Bloomsday
Counties_of_Northern_Ireland
David_O’Doherty
Erin go bragh
Gaelic Ireland
Great Famine
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Republic of Ireland
River Shannon
Saint Patrick
St. Patrick’s blue
Saint Patrick’s Battalion
Sinn Féin
Features
Planeta.com