Cities of the World Ireland

Ireland, the Emerald Island. The hills, covered with lush, emerald green grass are full ofmystical stone buildings from prehistoric times, Celtic monuments and medieval forts andmonasteries. The island is the home of legends, music, poetry and dance. The capital of theRepublic of Ireland, Dublin, has many sights worth take a look, for example the Trinity College,Christchurch and the St. Patrick Cathedral, the Parliament, and the National Gallery. TheGeorgian houses in the vicinity of Merrion Square, with their colorful doors and bronzeknockers are the nicest in the city. One cannot skip the Jameson whiskey factory, the GuinnessBrewery, and the pubs of the Temple Bar district, where live music is played every evening.Dublin is the city of G. B. Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Yeats, Swift and James Joyce, and the famousIrish dance also originates from here. The countryside has many beautiful castles, parks andcharming medieval villages, while nature comforts the visitor with such beauties as thePowerscourt waterfall, the ‘glen of the two lakes’, the limestone plateau of Burren or the Cliffsof Moher…DublinPowerscourtGlendaloughKilkennyBrownshillCashelKillarneyMucross CastleRoss CastleLimerickThe Cliffs of MoherThe limestone landscape of Burren