Frommer's Ireland 2007 Book

List of Maps     vii
What's New in Ireland     1
The Best of Ireland     4
The Best Picture-Postcard Towns     4
The Best Natural Wonders     5
The Best Castles     8
The Best of Ancient Ireland     9
Remnants of the Golden Age: The Best Early Christian Ruins     10
The Best Literary Spots     11
The Best Gardens     12
The Best Family Activities     12
The Best Active Vacations     13
The Best Luxury Accommodations     13
The Best Moderately Priced Accommodations     14
The Best Restaurants     16
The Best Pubs     17
The Best Websites     17
Planning Your Trip to Ireland     19
The Regions in Brief     19
Visitor Information     21
Entry Requirements & Customs     22
Money     24
What Things Cost in Ireland     25
When to Go     26
Ireland Calendar of Events     27
Travel Insurance     32
Health & Safety     33
Specialized Travel Resources     35
Planning Your Trip Online     40
Frommers.com: The Complete Travel Resource     41
The 21st-Century Traveler     41
Online Traveler's Toolbox     43
Getting There     43
Getting Through the Airport     45
Flying with Film & Video     48
Packages for the Independent Traveler     49
Ask Before You Go     49
Escorted General-Interest Tours     50
Special-Interest Trips     50
Getting Around Ireland     51
Money-Saving Rail & Bus Passes     52
Road Rules in a Nutshell     54
Tips on Accommodations     58
Tips on Dining     63
Tips for Digital Travel Photography     64
Recommended Books, Films & Music     65
Fast Facts: Ireland     66
Suggested Ireland Itineraries     72
The Best of Ireland in 1 Week     73
The Best of Ireland in 2 Weeks     75
The Best of Ireland for Families     77
Discovering the North     79
Exploring Ancient Ireland     80
Ireland Outdoors     83
Bicycling     83
Walking     85
Ireland's National Parks     86
Bird-Watching      88
Golf     89
Horseback Riding     90
Fishing     91
Kayaking     92
Sailing     92
A Bit of Adventure     93
Diving     94
Windsurfing     94
Dublin     96
Orientation     95
Dublin Neighborhoods in Brief     101
Getting Around     102
Fast Facts: Dublin     106
Where to Stay     108
Where to Dine     122
How to Eat like an Irishman     129
Seeing the Sights     132
Dublin Pass     135
The Tortured Tale of the Hugh Lane Gallery     138
Hard to Love: Jonathan Swift     139
Monumental Humor     142
Family Favorites     150
The Great Outdoors     154
These Boots Are Made for Hiking     155
Spectator Sports     157
Shopping     157
Going to Market     161
Dublin After Dark     152
Listen to the Music     154
Staying Up Late     165
Smaller Concert Venues     170
Side Trips from Dublin      171
Out from Dublin     179
County Wicklow & County Carlow     179
Russborough House: A Life of Crime     185
County Kildare: Ireland's Horse Country     195
St. Brigid: Early Feminist     198
Counties Meath & Louth/The Boyne River Valley     201
High Crosses     208
The Southeast     211
County Wexford     211
A Trip through History: Exploring the Ring of Hook     218
The Rising (and Falling) of Vinegar Hill     220
County Waterford     229
South Tipperary     239
County Kilkenny     248
Cork City     262
Orientation     264
Getting Around     265
Fast Facts: Cork City     266
Where to Stay     266
Where to Dine     269
Attractions     271
The Gift of Gab     273
Spectator Sports & Outdoor Pursuits     274
Shopping     274
Cork After Dark     276
Brewing Up Loyalty     275
Out from Cork     279
Kinsale & South Cork     279
East Cork     287
West Cork      291
Who Was Michael Collins?     294
Southern Exposure: An Excursion to Cape Clear Island     298
County Kerry     307
The Iveragh Peninsula     307
The Skellig Islands     312
Killarney     316
MacGillycuddy's Reeks     324
The Dingle Peninsula     330
You Say "Dingle," I Say "An Daingean"     331
Up Close with Fungie     337
Tralee     340
Rose of Tralee     343
Counties Limerick & Clare     347
Limerick City & Environs     347
There Once Was a Poet from Limerick     350
Lower Shannon: The Lough Derg Drive     359
County Clare     366
Falling in Love with Love in Lisdoonvarna     378
Irish Spelunking     380
Galway City     386
Souvenir Stories: The Claddagh Ring     388
Orientation     388
Where to Stay     390
Where to Dine     392
Attractions     395
Spectator Sports & Outdoor Pursuits     396
Shopping     397
Galway City After Dark     399
Side Trips from Galway City     400
Out from Galway     405
The Galway Bay Coast     405
Connemara     409
An Excursion to Inishbofin     412
Lough Inagh & the Walk to Maum Ean Oratory     415
Eastern Galway, Westmeath & Offaly     421
Mayo, Sligo & the North Shannon Valley     428
County Mayo     428
A Trip to Clare Island     433
Local Hero: Pirate Grace O'Malley     435
Sligo & Yeats Country     439
The North Shannon Valley: Roscommon, Leitrim & Cavan     451
County Donegal     457
Donegal Town     457
The Donegal Bay Coast     463
The Atlantic Highlands     471
The Inishowen Peninsula     478
Northern Ireland     483
Northern Ireland Essentials     487
Fast Facts: Northern Ireland     489
Belfast     490
Choosing Sides     496
Side Trips from Belfast     510
The Causeway Coast & the Glens of Antrim     519
Going to the Birds: A Trip to Rathlin Island     522
The Mourne Mountains     527
Derry City     534
The Apprentice Boys     536
Climbing the Walls     539
The Sperrin Mountains     548
The Fermanagh Lakelands     552
Ireland in Depth     560
History 101     560
Dateline     561
"An Bhfuil Gaeilge Agat?" ("Do You Speak Irish?")     569
Ireland Today     573
Index     575
General Index     575
Accommodations Index     591