All things Irish

IN honour of St Patricks Day here is a list of the top ten natural attractions to visit in #Ireland. Perfect for lovers of the outdoors Ireland has much to offer from clifftop walks, UNESCO world heritage sites and incredible marvels of nature.

1. Cliffs of Moher

2. Ring of Kerry

3. Giants Causeway

4. Skellig Islands

5. Aran Islands

6.Glenveagh National Park

7. The Burren

8. Connemara National Park

9. Glendalough

10. Cooley Peninsula

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St Patrick's Day celebrations in Dublin

#STPATRICK'S is on Friday 17 March, when #Dublin hosts the biggest street party in the Irish calendar.

This year, the party continues on Saturday 18 March, when Ireland hosts England for what could be the defining match of the Six Nations rugby series.

RailSail tickets packaging rail travel from local stations timed to suit Irish Ferries departures are also available, as is travel by Eurolines coach combined with Irish Ferries sailings.

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When the world goes green

ST PATRICK’S DAY is celebrated thousands of miles beyond Ireland’s borders.

While Dublin is one of the biggest venues for parades and celebrations in honour of the country’s national saint, along with parties across Ireland, the largest parade worldwide is in New York, where 150,000 people march on Fifth Avenue. St. Patrick's Day parades began in Manhattan in 1762.

Boston, another US city with a large American-Irish population, has a lively schedule for St Patrick’s Day, as does Chicago, where the river is dyed green. 'This spectacular transformation ranks right up there with the parting of the sea by Moses,' says the city's St Patrick's Day Committee.

In London, more than 100,000 people are expected to take part in celebrations and a parade finishing in Whitehall. The London Eye will go green.

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Dublin hotel prices up by 88% … so rent a cottage!

THE largest hotel price increases this St Patrick’s Day are unsurprisingly found in Dublin, which annually hosts the world’s biggest St Patrick’s Day parade. Hotel prices are at their highest on March 15, when an overnight stay would have cost an average of £175, an 88 per cent increase from the monthly average of £93 per night. Although these increases are undoubtedly huge, the prices were slightly more reasonable than St Patrick’s Day last year. Dublin hoteliers faced an online backlash in 2013 after raising their prices by 173 per cent to an average of £248 on Saturday, March 16.

With hotel companies exploiting St.Patrick’s Day celebrations, there’s all the more reason to rent a cottage for a break in Ireland – south and north of the border.

For everything you need to know about holidays in the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, go to …

www.discoverireland.ie

and

www.discovernorthernireland.com

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