For 5 days every year at the end of December, a few minutes after sun rise, the sun lights the inner chamber of Newgrange. Weather permitting, around 100 people, are selected by lottery to view this event. If you which to summit your name for the lottery, you can enter it when you visit the …
Photo above – close up of the passage entrance. to Knowth passage grave. Photographs are not allowed with in the Newgrange passage grave. The inner chamber of the Newgrange passage grave has three adjacent compartments (ah, large niches) which contain large, shallow, stone bowls. In earlier times, the bowls held the ashes from human cremations. …
Return to Ireland B&B FAQ top page On this page: What is the difference between registered and non-registered Ireland B&Bs? Many B&Bs will want to be included in the Ireland’s Tourist Board registry of accommodations. Others do not bother to list with the Ireland Tourist Board and remain non-registered. There is no requirement for a …
You can buy this type of coffee maker in the USA too, but I only know of a few people that have one. I believe these units can be used for tea and coffee. Arriving at the appointed breakfast time we find juice, cereal and a container of brewing coffee containing a plunger. Usually, with …
Return to Ireland B&B FAQ top page On this page: Should I stay in a hotel or a B&B while in Ireland? For our Ireland and England trips we have stayed primarily in B&Bs. We book hotels in the larger cities but since we travel by car, a rural B&B has been our preference for …
Return to Ireland B&B FAQ top page What is it like to stay in a Bed and Breakfast in Ireland? On this page: Is it better to stay in a Farm House B&B? Farm house B&B’s can be old (some more than 400 years old) or newly constructed. They may be simple homes or stately …
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Photo above – the geological feature known as the Organ sits halfway up the cliff face. the blueish speck in the lower right hand corner of this photo is a family walking the trail to see the Organ. Return to the Giant’s Causeway page 2. Go to the Giant’s Causeway top page