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Tweet On a recent journey between London and Dublin, we decided we wanted to try something a little different and opted to ‘Sail and Rail’, rather than fly as we usually do. The ferry was something we’d never tried before but were keen to experience, and in the end, we were really glad we gave [...]

Tweet Today, I am here to tell you about Hayes Bar in Glandore. There are some pubs so good, so desperately good, that you almost don’t want to write about them. You almost want to keep them secret so that they are not run down by the tourist droves and then you can go back [...]

Tweet Publin comes to town, paving the way for cheap drinks in Dublin’s Fair City. We interview founder John Geraghty about how he came up with the site and his favourite pubs. One thing I have always begrudged Dublin is how expensive pints can be here. If €4.50 is roughly average for a pint in [...]

Tweet It’s St. Patrick’s Day! Well…almost. But here at IrishJaunt, it takes very little to put us into celebratory mode and just thinking about all those well-deserved pints of Guinness this weekend has got me feeling pretty festive. To that end, I decided to have some fun. So, I started scouring Flickr for the best [...]

Tweet St. Patrick’s Day wasn’t always so manic. Believe it or not, at one time, it was quite a reserved holiday when mammies went to church and everyone else stayed in bed. In fact, from the time that the Irish Bank Holiday Act of 1903 made Paddy’s Day an official public holiday up until the 1970s, [...]

Tweet Finding love amidst the manic backdrop of Dublin City can sometimes feel like an uphill battle, but this Valentine’s Day, the Temple Bar Cultural Trust is teaming up with dozens of local businesses around the city to help you fall in love with Dublin…and just maybe find love yourself. On February 14 from noon [...]

Tweet Over the past two decades, the Chinese community in Ireland has grown from a small group of IBCs (Irish-born Chinese) to a huge and diverse community of people, both of Chinese heritage and Chinese migrants. Many Chinese people arrived during the Celtic Tiger period in search of education and business opportunities, and have remained [...]

Tweet Ireland is a country known for its beer, but microbrews and ales fall far down on most Irish drinkers’ lists. There are, however, some great craft brews to be found in Ireland, if you know where to look. One such place is the Franciscan Well Brewery in Cork City. The brewpub has an interesting [...]

Tweet Another year, another set of resolutions, another travel wish list. I know the drill. I do it myself every year. But 2012 is going to be different. This year, you are going to make time to travel, even if it’s just in your own back garden. Today being January 12 and all, we thought [...]

Tweet Getting around Ireland sans a car is not the simplest of things. Yes, there are a number of options, but there are not plenty of cheap and quick options. Let’s say, for example, you want to go from Dublin to Cork – a very heavily trafficked route, to be sure, and one that many [...]