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1 740 Lonely Planet Index A Abbeyleix abbeys, see monasteries & abbeys abseiling , see also individual locations internet resources 128, 695, 697 sustainable 23 Achill Island , activities 670-6, , see also individual activities itineraries 31, 31 Adams, Gerry 47 Adare Adare Castle 341 adventure centres 672 Carlingford 556 Killary Harbour 421 Lough Gartan Lough Key Forest Park 517 Aghadoe 297 Ahakista 281 Ahern, Bertie 47 Aillwee Caves 385 air travel , 718 airlines airports 714 fares within Ireland 718 alcohol 67-8, see also individual drinks poitín 68 Allihies Altamont Gardens 224 amusement parks 212, 436, 470, 607, 618, 652, see also theme parks ancient sites, see also ruins architecture 61 Ardgroom stone circle 286 Arranmore Island 478 Aughnacliffe dolmen 525 Ballymacgibbon Cairn 432 Beaghmore Stone Circles 692 Beal Ború 367 Belfast 583 Boa Island 686 Bocan Stone Circle Map pages 000 Photograph pages Browne s Hill Dolmen 224 Brú na Bóinne 533-6, 12 Burren, the 377-8, 385 Cahercommaun 385 Caherconnell Fort 385 Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cemetery 457 Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery 455 Cathair Dhún Iorais 384 Céide Fields 444 Cong Stone Circle 432 Creevykeel Goort Cairn 461 Dawros Head 476 Deer Park Court Cairn 455 Derreenataggart Stone Circle 284 Doon Fort 476 Dowth 535 Drombeg Stone Circle 268 Drumanone Dolmen 518 Dunbeg Fort 327 Dysert O Dea 361 Gleninsheen Wedge Tomb 385 Grange Stone Circle 339 Grianán of Aileách 499 Hill of Slane 537 Hill of Tara 539 Inisheer Inishmaan 408 Inishmór Inishmurray Island 460 itineraries 31, 31 Kenmare 309 Knocknarea Cairn 455 Knowth 535 Legananny Dolmen Loughcrew Cairns 547 Mountsandel Fort 650 Navan Fort 630 Newgrange Poulnabrone Dolmen 385 Staigue Fort 308 Tory Island 481 tours 472 Tulsk 516 Angela s Ashes 336 animals 73, see also individual animals Annalong 622 Antrim, County , Antrim town 667 aquariums Bray 170 Dingle 319 Portaferry 609 Aran Islands books 408 crafts 409 travel to/from 404 travel within 407, 409, 411 architecture 61-3 medieval 425 Ardara Ardboe High Cross 693 Ardfert 314 Ardfert Cathedral 314 Ardglass 617 Ardgroom stone circle 286 Ardmore Ardress House 630 Ards Forest Park 483 Ards Peninsula area codes 710, see also inside front cover Argory 630 Arigna Mining Experience 518 Ark Open Farm 612 Arklow Armagh city 626-9, 627 Armagh, County , Armagh County Museum 628 Armagh Planetarium 628 Arranmore Island art galleries Bold Art Gallery Butler Gallery 229 Crawford Municipal Art Gallery 246 Douglas Hyde Gallery of Modern Art 102 Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane 115 Dunfanaghy Gallery 483 Highlanes Gallery 549 Irish Museum of Modern Art 113 Lewis Glucksman Gallery 246 Limerick City Gallery of Art 336 National Craft Gallery 230 National Gallery 106 Niland Gallery 450 Ormeau Baths Gallery People s Gallery & Studio 640

2 (A-B) 741 Siopa Chill Rialaig 306 Sligo Art Gallery 450 Visual Centre for Contemporary Art 220 Arthur Cottage 668 Arthur, President Chester Alan 668 arts 55-64, see also individual arts Ashford Castle 430 Athenry athletics 52 Athlone Athlone Castle 525 Athy ATMs 708 Aughnacliffe dolmen 525 Aughnanure Castle Aughrim 425 Aughris Head 458 Avoca 176 Avondale House 175 B B&Bs 696 babysitting agencies 124, 249 Bacon, Francis 63, 115 Baily Lighthouse 154 Ballard Bay 372 Ballina (County Clare) Ballina (County Mayo) Ballinamore 526 Ballinasloe 425 Ballinskelligs Bay 306 Ballintoy 657 Ballintubber Abbey 448 Ballitore Ballon Ballybofey 477 Ballybunion 317 Ballycastle (County Antrim) Ballycastle (County Mayo) Ballyconnell 561 Ballycroy National Park 442 Ballydavid 329 Ballyferriter Ballyhack Castle 199 Ballyholme Bay 607 Ballyjamesduff 560 Ballykissangel 176 Ballyliffin Ballymacgibbon Cairn 432 Ballymena Ballymore Eustace 184 Ballymote Ballyshannon Ballyvaughan Baltimore 271-2, 9 Banagher Banbridge Bangor Bangor Erris 442 Bangor Trail 442 Bank of Ireland building Bannow 198 Bantry , 279 Barleycove 277 Barryscourt Castle 257 bathrooms 711 Battle of the Boyne 37, 38 battle site 536 beaches Arklow 176 Ards Peninsula 609 Ballinskelligs Bay 306 Ballybunion 317 Ballycastle (County Antrim) 659 Ballyholme Bay 607 Ballyliffin 497 Barleycove 277 Clare Clogher 328 Clonakilty 266 Connemara 413 Culdaff 495 Curracloe 194 Dawros Head 476 Doonalt 474 Doonbeg Dublin 122 Dunfanaghy Dungarvan 213 Elly Bay 443 Enniscrone 458 Fanore 383 Glassillaun Beach 422, 79 Hook Head 199 Inishmaan 409 Islandmagee 665 Kilkee 370 Lackan Bay 445 Maghery Bay 478 Magilligan Point 648 Malinbeg 474 Morriscastle 194 Mullaghmore Mullaghroe Beach 443 Mullet Peninsula 443 Mulranny 438 Pollatomish 443 Portrush 652 Portsalon 491 Portstewart Rosbeigh Strand 301 Rosguill Peninsula 490 Rosslare Strand 194 Streedagh 460 White Park Bay 657 Wicklow town 173 Youghal 258 Beaghmore Stone Circles 692 Beal Ború 367 Beara Peninsula (Ring of Beara) 281-6, 283 Beara Way 282, 670 Beaulieu House 552 Beckett, Samuel 56 Bective Abbey 545 Bedford Tower 105 beer 67, 400 Behan, Brendan 56 Belfast , 570-1, 580, attractions black taxi tours 585 Cathedral Quarter 575 City Centre drinking emergency services 569 entertainment festivals for children for gay & lesbian travellers internet access itineraries 569 Laganside & Lanyon Place medical services 572 murals 582 shopping South Belfast (Queen s Quarter) Titanic Quarter tourist offices 572 tours travel to/from travel within walking tour West Belfast (Gaeltacht Quarter) , 580 Belfast Castle 581 Belfast Wheel 573 Belfast Zoo 581 Bell Harbour 388 Belleek 687 Belturbet Belvedere House Gardens & Park 528

3 742 (B) Benbulben 459 Bennettsbridge 236 Benwee Head 443 Bere Island 284 Bessbrook 625 bicycle travel, see cycling Binchy, Maeve 56 birds 73, see also individual birds birdwatching 73, 698 books 73 Castle Island 615 Clear Island 272 Cliffs of Moher 376 Cooley Birdwatching Trail 556 courses 273 Green Island 478 Hook Head 199 Horn Head 483 Inishowen Peninsula 492, 493 internet resources 73 itineraries 676 Lough Boora 515 Lough Neagh 631 Lough Ree 527 Malin Head 496 Mullet Peninsula 443 Oxford Island 631 Portaferry 609 Rathlin Island 660 Raven Nature Reserve 194 Saltee Islands 197 Skellig Islands 305 Strangford Lough 612 Tory Island 481 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve Birr Birr Castle Demesne Black Head 383 Black & Tans 42 black taxi tours (Belfast) 585 Blacklion 561 Blacksod Point Blarney Castle Blarney Stone 254 Blasket Islands Blessington blogs 54 Bloody Foreland 480 Bloody Sunday 46, 639 Bloomsday 127 Blue Stack mountains Map pages 000 Photograph pages Boa Island 686 boat cruises Ards Peninsula 608 Athlone Ballycastle 659 Baltimore 271 Bangor 607 Carrick-on-Shannon 521 Cliffs of Moher 382 Coleraine 650 Donegal town 465 Doolin 382 Dublin Islandmagee 666 Killaloe 366 Killarney National Park Killary Harbour Kinsale Lough Corrib 416, 430 Lough Derg 368 Lough Erne 681, 684 Lough Gill 524 Lough Key 517 Lough Neagh 631, 667 New Ross 201 Portaferry 609 Viking tours Waterford, County 210 boat hire Banagher 510 Belturbet 559 canal barges 506, 521-2, 697 Carrick-on-Shannon Lough Derg 368 Lough Erne 688, 689 Lough Key 517 boat travel discounts 720 to/from Ireland , 717 within Ireland bodhrán 411, 417, 457, 703 Bocan Stone Circle 495 Bog of Allen 181 Bog of Allen Nature Centre 180 bogs 72, 74, 180, 181, 524-5, 689 Bogside Bogside Artists Bono 59, 142, see also U2 Book of Durrow 515 Book of Kells 103 Book of Leinster 540 booking services 128 books 23-5 Aran Islands 408 birdwatching 73 69, 70 history 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46 Irish fiction 55, 56 memoirs 55 nature 74 border crossings 719 Borris 225 Ború, Brian 35 boxers 564 boxing 52-3 Boycott, Charles Cunningham 433 Boyle Boyle Abbey 517 Boyne Viaduct 551 Brandy Pad, the 620 Braveheart 543 Bray Breastagh Ogham Stone 444 breweries 68 Biddy Early Brewery 361 Carlow Brewing Company 225 Guinness Storehouse Kilkenny city 234 Brian Ború 366, 367 Brian Ború Heritage Centre 366 Brow Head 277 Browne s Hill Dolmen 224 Brú Ború 345 Brú na Bóinne 533-6, 541, 12 Bruckless 471 Buncrana Bundoran , 673 Bunratty Bunratty Castle 364 Bunratty Folk Park 364 Burren, the ancient sites 377-8, 385 geology 386 heritage centres 386 hiking 384 tours 396 walking 378, 384 wildlife 378 Burren Way 378 Burrishoole Abbey 438 Burtonport 478 bus travel discounts 720 to/from Ireland 716 tours within Ireland 719 Bushmills Bushmills Distillery 655

4 (B-C) 743 business hours 701, see also inside front cover Butlersbridge 559 C cable cars 285 Caherciveen Cahercommaun 385 Caherconnell Fort 385 Caherdaniel Cahir Cahir Castle 348 Callan Famine Graveyard 236 camping 696 canals barge hire 506, 521-2, 697 Grand Canal 121, 180, 506 Royal Canal 120, 506 Waterways Visitor Centre 117 canoeing 700 Banagher 510 Castlegregory 323 itineraries 674 Lough Derg 367 Lough Erne 679 Lough Erne Canoe Trail 688 Maynooth 178 Mourne Mountains 621 River Barrow 221 Cape Clear Island, see Clear Island Cappoquin Cappoquin House & Gardens 217 Captain Webb s Hole 432 car travel driving licences hire insurance 719 organisations 719 parking 721 purchase 721 road distance chart 721 road rules 721 Carlingford Carlow, County 220-6, Carlow town 220-4, 221 Carnbane East 547 Carnbane West 547 Carndonagh Carnlough Carraroe 414 Carrick Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge 658 Carrickashane Mountain 166 Carrickfergus Carrickfergus Castle 666 Carrickmacross 565 Carrick-on-Shannon Carrick-on-Suir 353 Carrigafoyle Castle 317 Carrigaholt Carrigahowley, see Rockfleet Castle Carrigart 490 Carrigleade 225 Carron Carron Polje 385 Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cemetery 457 Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery 455 Cashel Casino at Marino 121 Castle Archdale Country Park 685 Castle Caldwell Forest Park 686 Castle Coole 683 Castle Espie Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre 612 Castle Leslie 564 Castle Ward Estate 616 Castlebar Castlebellingham 554 Castlecomer Castledermot 185 Castlegregory Castlereagh, Lord 610 Castlerock castles, see also ruins, stately homes & mansions Adare Castle 341 Ashford Castle 430 Athlone Castle 525 Athlumney Castle Aughnanure Castle Ballyhack Castle 199 Barryscourt Castle 257 Belfast Castle 581 Birr Castle Demesne Blackrock Castle Blarney Castle Bunratty Castle 364 Cahir Castle 348 Carrickfergus Castle 666 Carrigafoyle Castle 317 Castle Coole 683 Castle Leslie 564 Castle Ward Estate 616 Charleville Castle Classiebawn Castle 461 Cloghan Castle 510 Clonony Castle 513 Clough Oughter Castle 559 Desmond Castle 260 Doe Castle 483 Donegal Castle 465 Dublin Castle Dungarvan Castle 213 Dunguaire Castle 423 Dunluce Castle 654 Dunsany Castle 541 Enniscorthy Castle 202 Enniskillen Castle 679 Ferns Castle 203 Glenveagh Castle 489 Huntington Castle 226 Kilclief Castle Kilkea Castle 185 Kilkenny Castle 229 King John s Castle (Limerick city) 335 King John s Castle (Carlingford) 555 Knappogue Castle 362 Leap Castle 509 Listowel Castle 316 Lynch s Castle 394 Malahide Castle 155 Maynooth Castle 178 Nenagh Castle 354 Ormond Castle 353 Parke s Castle 524 Portumna Castle 426 Rockfleet Castle (Carrigahowley) 438 Roscrea Castle 354 Ross Castle 296 Slane Castle Trim Castle Castletown House Castletownbere Castletownshend 269 Castlewellan Forest Park 620 Cathair Dhún Iorais 384 Cathedral of Christ the King 528 cathedrals, see churches & cathedrals Catholic Church 44, 55 Catholicism 55 Causeway Coast Way 658, Cavan, County , Cavan County Museum 560 Cavan town Cavan Way Cave Hill 581, 584 caves Aillwee Caves 385 Caves of Kesh 457 Cong Crag Cave 314 Cushendun 662

5 744 (C) caves continued Doolin 379 Dunmore Cave 240 Marble Arch Caves 689 Mitchelstown Caves Caves of Kesh 457 Céide Fields 444 cell phones 710 Celtic cross 82, 81, see also high crosses Celtic mythology 516, 534, 536, 539, 548, 655 Celtic Tiger 44 Celts 33 cemeteries Abbeystrewery Cemetery 270 Callan Famine Graveyard 236 Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery 455 Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cemetery 457 Glasnevin Cemetery Charles Fort 260 Charleville Castle cheese 67, 8 cheese-making 278, 286, 524, 560 Chester Beatty Library 105 Childers, Robert Erskine 153 children, travel with 701 aquariums 170, 319, 609 activity centres 488, 517 amusement parks 212, 436, 470, 607, 618, 652 babysitting agencies 124, 249 Belfast Dublin 124 farms 124, 197, 421, itineraries 32, 32 planetariums 274, 494, 628 science centres 577 theme parks 180, 193, 239, 362, 364, zoos 119, 255, 581 Christ Church Cathedral (Waterford city) 207 Christ Church Cathedral (Dublin) 110 Christianity 33-4 Church Island 307 churches & cathedrals Ardfert Cathedral 314 Cathedral of Christ the King 528 Christ Church Cathedral (Waterford 000 Map city) pages Christ Photograph Church Cathedral pages (Dublin) 110 Church of St Columba 546 Clonfert Cathedral 425 Clonmacnoise cathedral 513 Collegiate Church of St Nicholas of Myra 394 Costello Chapel 521 Down Cathedral 614 Galway Cathedral 395 Holy Cross Church 309 Holy Trinity Church (Fethard) 352 Killaloe Cathedral 366 Lagg Presbyterian Church 496 Long Tower Church 637 Meelick Church 510 Sinclair Seamen s Church 576 St Aidan s Cathedral 202 St Anne s Cathedral (Belfast) 575 St Audoen s Churches 112 St Brendan s Catholic Cathedral 425 St Brigid s Cathedral 181 St Canice s Cathedral St Carthage s Cathedral 218 St Colman s Cathedral 256 St Columb s Cathedral St Declan s Church 216 St Eugene s Cathedral 637 St Eunan s Cathedral 485 St Fechin s Church 530 St Finbarre s Cathedral 246, 10 St Gobban s Church 657 St Iberius Church 190 St Macartan s Catholic Cathedral 563 St Malachy s Parish Church 603 St Mary s Cathedral (Kilkenny city) 231 St Mary s Cathedral (Killarney) 290 St Mary s Cathedral (Limerick city) 336 St Mary s Church 237 St Mary s Pro-Cathedral 114 St Michan s Church St Patrick s Cathedral (Dublin) 111 St Patrick s Cathedral (Dundalk) 555 St Patrick s Church of Ireland Cathedral St Patrick s Roman Catholic Cathedral 628 St Paul s Church (Portarlington) 504 St Peter s Church of Ireland 550 St Peter s Roman Catholic Church 548 St Werburgh s Church cinema 57-8, see also films City Hall (Dublin) Claddagh rings 83, 401 Clare, County , 356-7, 9 Clare Island 434 Clare Museum 358 Clarendon Dock 576 Clarinbridge 423 Classiebawn Castle 461 Clear Island Cleggan 419 Clew Bay 435 Clifden Cliffs of Magho 687 Cliffs of Moher 375-9, 382 climate 20, climate change 75 Cloghan Castle 510 Cloghane 324 Clogher Head 328 Clogherhead 554 Clonakilty 265-8, 266 Clondra 526 Clonegal 226 Clones Clonfert Cathedral 425 Clonmacnoise , 512 Clonmany Clonmel Clonmines 198 Clonony Castle 513 Clough Oughter Castle 559 Cloughmore Stone 622 Cloverhill 559 Cobh Cobh, The Queenstown Story coffin ships , 200 Coleraine 650 Collegiate Church of St Nicholas of Myra 394 Collins, Michael 42-3, 267 gravesite 121 Collooney Cong , 430, 432 Cong Abbey 429 Cong Stone Circle 432 Connemara , 412, 79 coastal drives , 417, 422 tours 418 Connemara National Park 421 Connemara ponies 74, 418 Connor Pass 325 consulates 704 convents 421 cooking, see courses

6 (C-D) 745 Cookstown Coole Park 426 Cooley Peninsula Cootehall 526 Copper Coast European Geopark Corcomroe Abbey 388 Cork city , 244, attractions drinking emergency services 245 entertainment festivals internet access 245 shopping 253 tourist offices tours 248 travel to/from travel within 254 Cork, County , Corlea Trackway 524 Cormac s House 540 corncrake 73 Corofin 387 costs 20-1, see also inside front cover bus travel 719 train travel 723 courses 524, arts & crafts 524, 702 birdwatching 273 Buddhist teachings 562 cheese-making 524, 560 cooking 70, 173, 200, 214, 258, 556, 564, dancing 304, 360, 458, 474, 519 English language 702 falconry 430 fishing 688 goat-keeping 273 Irish language 273, 413, 474, 596, meditation 562 music 321, 360, 411, 457, 458, 474, 519, 703 painting 440, 474 yoga 562 crafts, see also individual crafts Aran Islands 409 Ardara 476 Avoca 176 Belfast 580 Belleek 687 Burren, the 385 Carrickmacross 565 Cavan town 558 Clones Clonmacnoise 514 Connemara 413 Crolly 479 Derry city 646 Donegal, County 466, 468 Dublin Enniskillen 682 Glenarm 665 Glencolumbcille 475 Kenmare 309, 311 Kilcar 473 Kilkenny, County 236, 237, 239 Kilmacanogue 171 Malin Head 495 Mullingar 528 New Quay 388 Roundstone 417 Sligo town Crag Cave 314 Craggaunowen 362 crannógs 558 Crawfordsburn 606 Crean, Tom 325 credit cards 708 Creeslough 483 Creevykeel Goort Cairn 461 Creggan 692 Croagh Patrick Croke Park 120, 147 Crolly dolls 479 Crom Estate 684 Cromwell, Oliver 37, 550 Crookedwood Crookhaven crosses, see high crosses Cross of Clogher 562 Cross of the Scriptures Crosses of Castlekeeran Crossmaglen 626 Crozier Monument 604 crystal Cavan town 558 Ring Peninsula 215 Tyrone, County 693 Waterford city 206 Cuilcagh Mountain 691 Cuilcagh Mountain Park 561-2, 689 Culdaff 495 Cullen s Rock 167 culture Gaelic revival 57, 78 Curracloe 194 Curragh, the Curraghmore Estate 210 currency 709 Cushendall 663 Cushendun Custom House (Belfast) 576 Custom House (Dublin) 116 customs eating drinking 80 customs regulations 703 cycling 698, 718 Beara Way 282 Dublin 122-3, 151 hire 123 itineraries 671 Kingfisher Trail 679 Loughshore Trail 630 Lough Ree Trail 527 Mourne Mountains 621 races 52 Sheep s Head Peninsula 281 tours 123, 718 D Dalkey Dalkey Island 152 dance 64 courses 304, 360, 458, 474, 519 Dancing at Lughnasa 477 dangers 703 Belfast Dublin hitching 721 Danny Boy 647 DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transport) Dartfield Horse Museum & Park 425 Davitt, Michael 448 Dawros Head 476 de Clare, Richard (Strongbow) 35, 110, 229 de Valera, Éamon 42-3 statue 357 deep vein thrombosis (DVT ) 724 Deer Park Court Cairn 455 Delphi Derreenataggart Stone Circle 284 Derry city , 636, attractions drinking 645 entertainment festivals

7 746 (D) Derry city continued internet access 633 shopping 646 tours travel to/from travel within 647 walking tour 640-1, 641 Derry, County , Derry, Siege of 37, 633 Derrymore House 625 Derrynane Derrynane House 307 Derrynane National Historic Park 307 Desmond Castle 260 development issues 480, 539 Devenish Island 685 Dingle , 320 Dingle Peninsula , 318, 10 Dingle Peninsula Museum 328 Dingle Way 317 disabilities, travellers with 711 discount cards & passes boat travel 720 bus travel 720 Dublin Pass 99 train travel 720 distilleries Bushmills Distillery 655 Locke s Distillery Old Jameson Distillery (Cork city) 257 Old Jameson Distillery (Dublin) 118 Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre 514 diving 675, 700 Achill Island 440 Baltimore 271 Burtonport 478 Culdaff 495 Dingle 320 Dunkineely 471 Glassillaun Beach 422 Hook Head 199 Inishbofin 420 Kilkee 370 Kilmore Quay 197 Maharees Islands 324 Mullaghmore 461 Schull 274 Doagh Famine Village 497 Doagh Island 497 Dobhach Bhráinín Map pages 000 Photograph pages Doe Castle 483 dog racing, see greyhound racing dolphins 73, 319, 676 dolphin-watching Aughris Head 458 Kilrush 369 Mullet Peninsula 443 Shannon Estuary 372 Union Hall 269 Donagh Cross 496 Donaghadee Donaghmore High Cross 694 Donaghmore Workhouse 503 Donegal Castle 465 Donegal, County , 463 Donegal Point 372 Donegal town 464-6, 464 Donkey Sanctuary 287 Donnelly s Hollow 184 Dooagh 439 Doolin Doolin Cave 379 Doolough Valley 432 Doon Fort 476 Doon Well 489 Doonalt 474 Doonbeg Dooney Rock 459 Doorty Cross 386 Douglas Hyde Gallery of Modern Art 102 Douglas Hyde Interpretive Centre 518 Down Cathedral 614 Down, County , Down County Museum 614 Downhill 649 Downies 490 Downings 490 Downpatrick Downshire Bridge 604 Dowth 535 drinks 66-8, see also individual drinks Drogheda , 549 Drombeg Stone Circle 268 Dromod 526 Dromore Wood Drumanone Dolmen 518 Drumcliff 459 Drumgoff Barracks 166 Drumshanbo 526 Drumsna 526 Dublin , 88, 90, 92-3, 94, 96, 101, 123, 140, attractions Ballsbridge 122 Docklands 116 drinking 141-4, 140 emergency services 89 entertainment festivals for children 124 Grafton St 100, 96 history 86-7 internet access 89, 98 internet resources 89 itineraries 89, 99 Kilmainham 110 Liberties, the 110 medical services 98 O Connell St 114 St Stephen s Green 108, 96 shopping Smithfield 117 Temple Bar 103-4, 94 tourist offices 99 tours travel to/from 150 travel within Trinity College 100-2, 101 walking tour 123-4, 123 Dublin Castle Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane 115 Dublin Fringe Festival 126 Dublin Pass 99 Dublin Writers Festival 126 Dublin Writers Museum Dublin Zoo 119 Duckett s Grove 224 Dún Aengus Dún an Rí Forest Park Dunbeg Fort 327 Dunbrody Abbey 199 Dunbrody Heritage Ship 200 Duncannon Duncannon Fort 199 Dundalk Dunfanaghy Dungannon Dungarvan Dungarvan Castle 213 Dungiven 648 Dungloe 478 Dunguaire Castle 423 Dunkineely 471 Dunlewy Dunluce Castle 654 Dunmore Cave 240 Dunmore East 210 Dunmore Head 326-7

8 (D-F) 747 Dunquin 327 Dunsany Castle 541 Durrow 503 Durrow Abbey 515 Durrus Dursey Island 285 Dvblinia DVDs 696 DVT 724 Dysert O Dea E eagles 73, 457 Easkey (Easky) 458 East Munster Way 219, 352 Easter Rising 41-2 ecological centres Ecos Environmental Centre 668 Quoile Countryside Centre 615 Rossinver Organic Centre 524 Sonairte 537 economy 18-19, 44, 51 electricity 696 Elly Bay 443 embassies 704 emergencies, see inside front cover emigration 39, 40, 50 Cobh to the USA 40, 200, 633 Ulster American Folk Park Emo Court 505 Enclosure of King Laoghaire (Tara) 540 Ennis , 358 Enniscorthy Enniscrone 458 Enniskerry Enniskillen Enniskillen Castle 679 Ennistymon environmental issues 24, 74-6, 443 events, see festivals exchange rates, see inside front cover Eyeries 286 F Fahan 499 Fair Head 661 Falcarragh 482 falconry 430 falcons 73, 676 Falls Road Famine, the 39, books 38, 41 cemeteries 236, 270 coffin ships , 200 heritage centres 255-6, 270 memorials 348, 434 museums 516 villages 439, 497 workhouses 483, 503, 640 Fanad Head 491 Fanad Peninsula Fanore 383 farmers markets 71, see also GreenDex Athy 184 Belturbet 560 Bray 171 Cahir 349 Carlow town 223 Carrick-on-Suir 353 Cobh 256 Cork city 251 Dingle 322 Dublin 135 Dungarvan 214 Ennis 360 Enniscorthy 203 Galway city 400 Kenmare 310 Kildare town 183 Kilkenny city 233 Killaloe 367 Kilrush 370 Kinsale 263 Limerick city 337 Listowel 316 Midleton 257 Russborough House 169 Schull 275 Skibbereen 270 Sligo town 453 Tralee 313 Tramore 213 Tubbercurry 458 Waterford city 209 Wexford town 192 Wicklow town 174 farms Ark Open Farm 612 Ballycross Apple Farm 197 Newbridge House 124 Sheep & Wool Centre 421 fashion 148 Fastnet Lighthouse 275 Father McDyer s Folk Village 474 Father Ted 375, 406, 565 Fermanagh, County , Fermanagh County Museum 679 Ferns Ferns Castle 203 ferries, see boat travel Ferris wheels 573 festivals 704-6, see also sporting events Achill Island 440 Ardara 475 Ballina 445 Ballycastle 659 Baltimore 271 Bantry 279 Belfast Birr 507 Boyle 516 Bray Caherciveen 303 Carlingford 556 Carlow town Castlewellan 620 Clarinbridge 423 Clear Island 273 Clones 564 Cork city 248 Cork, County 270 Derry city Dingle 321 Dublin 126 Dungarvan 213 Dungloe 478 Ennis 359 Enniscorthy 202 Father Ted 406 fishing , 213, 270, 423 Galway city 397 Hillsborough 603 Inishbofin 420 Inisheer 411 Kilkenny city 231 Kilkenny, County 239 Killorglin 301 Killyleagh 613 Kinsale 262 Kinvara 423 Letterkenny 486 Limavady 647 Lisdoonvarna 382 Listowel 316 literature 397, 564 Lughnasa 324 Miltown Malbay 373 Mourne Mountains 621 Moville 494 music 126, 170-1, 213, 303, 359, 373, 423, 440, 452, 457, 519, 620, 622, 642-3, 647

9 748 (F-G) festivals continued Rostrevor 622 Sligo town 452 St Patrick s Day 586 Stradbally 505 Strokestown 516 Vikings 613 walking 219, 223, 621 Waterford city 207 Wexford town 190 Wicklow, County 175 Wicklow town Fethard Fethard-on-Sea 198 films 24, 57, 58, see also cinema history 43, 45 sports 52 Finn Valley 477 Finnegans Wake 528 fishing 698 Achill Island 440 Ards Peninsula 608 Athlone 526 Athy 184 Ballina (County Clare) 366 Ballina (County Mayo) 445 Ballycastle (County Antrim) 659 Bangor 607 Black Head 383 Burtonport 478 Cappoquin 217 Carrickmacross 565 Carrick-on-Shannon 522 Castlewellan 620 Cavan, County 557 courses 688 Culdaff 495 Donegal town 465 Doolough Valley 432 Dunfanaghy 484 Dungloe 478 equipment 184, 682 festivals 445 Galway city 395 Glencar Lough 460 Glenties 476 itineraries 675 Kilkenny, County 239 Killarney 291 Killybegs 472 Kilmore Quay Map pages 000 Photograph pages Kinsale Letterkenny 486 Lough Corrib 416 Lough Ennell 529 Lough Erne 679, 684, Lough Eske 467 Lough Key 517 Lough Melvin 689 Lough Ree 527 Lough Sheelin 560 Monaghan town 563 Mullingar 529 Nire Valley 219 Portaferry 609 River Roe 647 Waterford, County 210 Westport 436 fjords 421 Flaggy Shore, the 388 Florence Court 688 folk parks Bunratty 364 Cashel Folk Village 345 Father McDyer s Folk Village 474 Sligo Folk Park 456 Ulster American Folk Park Ulster Folk Museum 601 Yola Farmstead folk park , 706 artisanal 66, 257, 278, 382, 417, 560 books 69, 70 cheese 67, 8 courses 70, 173, 200, 214, 258, 524, 556, 560, 564, customs festivals 196, 213, 270, 423 for children 69 internet resources 65, 66 medieval banquets 362, 364-5, 423 vegetarian 69, 138, 415, 562 football 51-2 Fore Valley 530 forest parks 74, see also national parks, nature reserves, parks & gardens Ards Forest Park 483 Castle Caldwell Forest Park 686 Castlewellan Forest Park 620 Dromore Wood Dún an Rí Forest Park Glenariff Forest Park Glengarriff Woods Nature Reserve 283 Gortin Glen Forest Park 692 Gougane Barra Forest Park 273 Kilbroney Forest Park 622 Killykeen Forest Park 559 Lough Key Forest Park 517 Lough Navar Forest Park 687 Rossmore Forest Park 563 Slieve Gullion Forest Park 625 Tollymore Forest Park 620 Forkhill 625 Forty Foot Pool 153 Fota 255 Fota Wildlife Park 255 Four Courts 118 Foyne s Flying Boat Museum 342 Fungie the Dolphin 319 G GAA, see Gaelic football Gaelic football 50, 292, 626 Belfast 596 Dublin 120 Kilkenny city 234 Thurles 354 Gaelic revival 57, 78 Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) areas 413 Arranmore Island Clear Island 272 Falcarragh 482 Gortahork 482 Gweedore 479 Mullet Peninsula Rathcairn 545 Tory Island 480 Galgorm 667 Gallarus Oratory 329 Galtee Mountains 343 Galway Cathedral 395 Galway city , 392, attractions drinking entertainment 401 festivals internet access 393 shopping 402 tourist offices tours 396 travel to/from 402 travel within 402 Galway City Museum 395 Galway, County , Gap of Dunloe 297, 670 Gap of Mamore 498 Garda Museum 105

10 (G-H) 749 gardens, see parks & gardens Garinish (Ilnacullin) Island gay rights 49 gay travellers Belfast Cork city 253 Dublin 145 festivals 248 geese 73, 193 genealogy Cavan, County 558 Clare, County 387 Donegal, County 492 Dublin Mayo, County Meath, County 543 Tipperary, County 342 Waterford, County 207 Yola people (County Wexford) 195 geography 72 geology 72, 386 Giant s Causeway 655, 656-8, 656, 11 Giant s Ring 583 Glandore Glasnevin Cemetery Glassillaun Beach 422, 79 Glasson 527 Glebe House 488 Glen Gesh Pass 475 Glen of Aherlow 343 Glen of Imaal Glen of the Downs 170 Glenariff Glenariff Forest Park Glenarm 665 Glencar Lough 460 Glencolumbcille Glencree 161 Glendalough 163-7, 163, 9 Glengarriff Glengowla Mines 415 Gleninsheen Wedge Tomb 385 Glenmacnass 162 Glenmalure Glens of Antrim Glenties Glenveagh Castle 489 Glenveagh National Park 489 Gobbins, the 666 Gods of the Neale stone 432 Goldsmith, Oliver 527 Goleen 276 golf 52, 699 Ballyliffin 498 Blessington 169 Carrigleade 225 Downings 490 Dunfanaghy 484 Enniscorthy 202 Killarney 292 Lahinch 373 Maynooth 178 Newcastle 618 Portsalon 491 Portstewart 651 Rosslare 194 Sligo town 454 Straffan Thomastown Wexford town 190 Good Friday Agreement 568 Gort 426 Gortahork 482 Gortin 692 Gortin Glen Forest Park 692 Gorumna 414 Gougane Barra Forest Park 273 Government Buildings 107 Gowran 237 GPO Building 114 Graiguenamanagh Gráinne s Fort 541 Grand Canal 121, 180, 506 Grand Opera House 574 Grange 460 Grange Stone Circle 339 Grant Ancestral Homestead 694 Grant, Ulysses S 694 Granuaile, see O Malley, Grace Great Sugarloaf, the 171, 172 Greatman s Bay 414 Greencastle 494 Greyabbey greyhound racing 52, 147, 252 Greystones 172 Grianán of Aileách 499 guesthouses, see Guinness 67 Guinness Book of World Records 193 Guinness Storehouse tours 125 guitars 615 Gweedore H Hag s Head 375 handball 53 Handel, George Frideric 104 hang-gliding 204, 699 Harbour Commissioner s Office 576 hares 73, 675 harp, Irish 82, 82 Hazelwood 459 health insurance 724 heritage centres Adare 340 Athenry 425 Athy 184 Blasket Centre 327 Bray 170 Brian Ború Heritage Centre 366 Brú Ború 345 Burren Centre 386 Caherciveen Carlingford 555 Cashel 345 Clare Heritage Centre 387 Colmcille Heritage Centre 487 Connemara Heritage & History Centre 418 Dunfanaghy Workhouse 483 Inishbofin 420 Kells (County Meath) 545 Kenmare 309 Killybegs King House Interpretive Centre 517 Lifford 490 Lismore 218 Nenagh 354 North Down Heritage Centre 607 Roscrea 354 Somme Heritage Centre 612 Sperrin Mountains 692 Trim 543 Hezlett House high crosses 82 Ardboe High Cross 693 Carrowmore High Crosses 495 Clones 563 Cross of Clogher 562 Cross of the Scriptures Crosses of Castlekeeran Donagh Cross 496 Donaghmore High Cross 694 Doorty Cross 386 Drumcliff 459 Durrow Abbey 515 Kells (County Meath) Kilfenora 386 Kilree High Cross 236 Kinnitty High Cross 509 Market Cross Monasterboice Moone High Cross 185

11 750 (H-I) high crosses continued Moville 493 St Mura Cross 499 hiking, see walking Hill of Allen 180 Hill of Lloyd Tower 546 Hill of Slane 537 Hill of Tara 539 Hillsborough historic buildings, see also castles, stately homes & mansions Bank of Ireland building Bedford Tower 105 Birr 508 Charles Fort 260 City Hall (Belfast) 573 City Hall (Dublin) Clifton House 575 Clonmel 350 Commercial Building 575 Cork City Gaol Crown Liquor Saloon 574 Custom House (Belfast) 576 Custom House (Dublin) 116 Donegall Sq Buildings Duncannon Fort 199 Four Courts 118 Government Buildings 107 GPO Building 114 Grand Opera House 574 Guildhall 636 Hill of Lloyd Tower 546 Magdalene Tower Millmount Museum & Tower Northern Bank Building 575 Parliament Buildings (Stormont) 583 Record Tower 105 Reginald s Tower 206 Rothe House 230 Spanish Arch & Medieval Walls Turlough Round Tower 448 Ulster Bank Building 575 historic homes Arthur Cottage 668 Derrynane House 307 Dublin 109 Grant Ancestral Homestead 694 Kennedy Homestead 201 Nora Barnacle House Map pages 000 Photograph pages historic recreations Craggaunowen 362 Doagh Famine Village 497 Father McDyer s Folk Village 474 Fernhill House: The People s Museum 580 Grant Ancestral Homestead 694 Irish National Heritage Park 193 Kerry Bog Village Museum 301 Lisnagun Muckross Estate 297 No 29 Lower Fitzwilliam St 109 Ulster American Folk Park 690 Ulster Folk Museum 601 history Battle of the Boyne 37, 38, 536 Bloody Sunday 46, 639 books 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46 Catholic Church 44 Christianity 33-4 Derry, Siege of 37, 633 Easter Rising 41 economy 44 emigration 39, 40 Famine, the 39 Good Friday Agreement 568 films 43, 45 hunger strikes 46 independence 42-3 internet resources 33, 36 IRA 45-7 Normans 35-6 Northern Ireland 42 Plantations 36-7 Troubles, the 44-7 hitching 721 holidays 20, 707 Holy Island Hook Head Hook Peninsula Hopkins, Gerard Manley 121 Horn Head 483 horses Ballinasloe horse fair 425 caravans 697 carriage tours 126 Dublin Horse Show 122 Irish National Stud museums 182, 425 horse racing 52 Curragh, the Dublin 147 Kilbeggan 528 Laytown Sligo town 452 Tipperary, County 342 Tramore 212 horse riding 674, 699 Achill Island 440 Ballycastle (County Mayo) 444 Birr 508 Bruckless 471 Bundoran 470 Castle Leslie 564 Connemara 418, 419 Derrynane Dingle 320 Dunfanaghy 484 Dunlewey 488 Grange 460 Inch Island 499 Killarney 291 Mourne Mountains 621 Mullingar 529 Portrush 653 Schull 274 Tramore 212 Ventry 326 Westport 436 horse-drawn caravans, see horses hostels hotels 697 Howth Hunt Museum 335 Huntington Castle 226 hurling 50 Belfast 596 Kilkenny city 234 Thurles 354 Hyde, Dr Douglas 518 I immigration 714 Inch 326 Inch Abbey 614 Inch Island 499 Inchagoill 416 Inisfallen Island Inishbofin Inisheer ancient sites walking tour 410 Inishmaan ancient sites 408 crafts 409 Inishmór 404-7, 405 ancient sites Inishmurray Island 460 Inishowen Head 495

12 (I-K) 751 Inishowen Maritime Museum & Planetarium 494 Inishowen Peninsula 492-9, 493 Inishturk Island 434 Iniskeel Island 476 Inistioge Innisfree Island 459 Inniskeen insurance 707-8, 719 car 719 health 724 internet access 708 internet resources , 695, 697 air tickets birdwatching 73 blogs 54 Dublin 89 65, 66 history 33, 36 Irish media 53 poetry 57 sports 50 sustainable travel 22, 76 IRA 45-7, 574, 624, 636, 690 Ireland s Eye 154 Irish Agricultural Museum 193 Irish Americans 40 Irish language, see language Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum 601 Irish Museum of Modern Art 113 Irish National Heritage Park 193 Irish National Stud Irish Republican History Museum 580 Irish-Jewish Museum 122 Islam 55 Islandmagee itineraries activities 31, 31 ancient sites 31, 31 Belfast 569 birdwatching 676 coastal 27, 27 cycling 671 Dublin 89, 99 fishing , 32 for children 32, 32 hiking islands 30, 30 kayaking 674 north to south 28, 28 surfing 674 sustainable travel 29, 29 walking west coast 26, 26 Iveragh Peninsula 300 J Jackson, Andrew ancestral home 666 jails Cork City Gaol Kilmainham Jail 113 Tarbert Bridewell Jail & Courthouse 317 Wicklow s Historic Gaol 173 James Joyce Cultural Centre 116 James Joyce Museum 153 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 126 Jampa Ling Buddhist Centre 562 Janus Stone 686 jaunting cars 295 Jeanie Johnston Jerpoint Abbey 237 jewellery 401, 495 Jews, see Irish-Jewish Museum John F Kennedy Arboretum 201 Johnstown Castle 193 Jordan, Neil 58 Joyce, James 55-6, 528 Bloomsday 127 James Joyce Cultural Centre 116 James Joyce Museum 153 Nora Barnacle House 396 statue 114 tours 125 K Kavanagh, Patrick 56-7, 79, 121-2, kayaking Castletownbere 285 Dingle 320 Dunfanaghy 484 itineraries 674 Kenmare 309 Kinsale 261 Lough Derg 367 Lough Ennell 529 Lough Erne 679 River Barrow 221 Rosslare 194 Tramore 212 Union Hall 269 Keenagh 526 Kells (County Kilkenny) Kells (County Meath) Kells Priory (County Kilkenny) Kelvin, Lord 579 Kenmare Kennedy Homestead 201 Kennedy, John F ancestral home 201 Kerry Bog Village Museum 301 Kerry, County , 289 Kerry County Museum Kerry Literary & Cultural Centre Kerry Way 300 Keshcarrigan 526 Kilbaha 372 Kilbeggan Kilbroney Forest Park 622 Kilcar Kilclief Castle Kilcolgan 423 Kilcrohane 281 Kilcummin Kildare, County , 158 Kildare town Kilfane 237 Kilfenora Kilkea Castle 185 Kilkee Kilkeel 622 Kilkenny Castle 229 Kilkenny cats 232 Kilkenny city , attractions drinking entertainment 234 festivals shopping 235 tours 231 travel to/from 235 travel within 235 Kilkenny, County , Kilkenny Design Centre 235 Kilkieran Bay 414 Killadeas 685 Killadoon 433 Killala Killaloe Killaloe Cathedral 366 Killarney , attractions 290 drinking Killarney National Park 295-8,

13 752 (K-L) Killary Harbour 421-2, 424 Killeshin Church 224 Killorglin 301 Killruddery House & Gardens 170 Killybegs Killykeen Forest Park 559 Killyleagh 613 Kilmacanogue 171 Kilmacduagh 426 Kilmainham Jail 113 Kilmallock 340 Kilmore Quay Kilnaboy 387 Kilree Round Tower & High Cross 236 Kilrush Kiltartan Gregory Musuem 426 Kincasslagh 478 King House 517 King John s Castle (Limerick city) 335 King John s Castle (Carlingford) 555 Kingfisher Trail 679 Kingscourt 560 Kinnitty 509 Kinsale , 261 Kinvara 423 kitesurfing 323 Knappogue Castle 362 Knock Knock Marian Shrine 449 Knockalla Fort 491 Knocknarea Cairn 455 Knockreer House & Gardens 296 Knockvicar 526 Knowth 535 Kylemore Abbey L lace-making Carrickmacross 565 Clones Sheelin Irish Lace Museum 683 Lackan Bay Ladies Brae 458 Lagan Towpath 576 Lagan Weir 577 Laganside Project 575 Lahinch language 413, courses 273, 413, 474, 596, cultural centres 580, 596, Map pages 000 Photograph pages place names 561, 637 Yola 194 Lanyon Place 577 Laois, County 501-7, 502 Larchill Arcadian Gardens 179 Larne 665 Lauragh 286 Laytown Lea Castle 505 Leap Castle 509 Lecale Peninsula Ledwidge, Francis 538 Ledwidge Museum 538 Leenane legal ages 703 legal matters 708 Legananny Dolmen Leinster House 106 Leitrim, County 520-4, 502 Leitrim Way 524 leprechauns 82 lesbian travellers Belfast Cork city 253 Dublin 145 festivals 248 Letterfrack Letterkenny Lettermore 414 Lettermullen 414 Lewis, CS 56 Liberties, the 110 libraries Armagh Public Library 628 Belfast 572 Bolton Library 345 Chester Beatty Library 105 Dublin 98 Linen Hall Library 573 Marsh s Library 111 National Library Trinity College Liffey Swim 126 Lifford lighthouses Baily Lighthouse 154 Fastnet Lighthouse 275 Hook Head 198 Loop Head 372 Mizen Head Signal Station 277 Limavady Limerick city 331-9, attractions drinking entertainment internet access 334 medical services 334 tours 337 travel to/from 339 travel within 339 Limerick City Gallery of Art 336 Limerick City Museum 336 Limerick, County , Linen Hall Library 573 linen-making Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum 601 Wellbrook Beetling Mill Lisburn Liscannor 375 Lisdoonvarna Lismore Lisnagun Lisnaskea 683 Lissadell House 459 Listowel , 315 Listowel Castle 316 literature 55-6 festivals 397, 564 museums , 315 Locke s Distillery Londonderry, see Derry city Long Tower Church 637 Longford, County 524-5, 502 Loop Head 372 Lough Boora 515 Lough Conn 447 Lough Corrib 416, 430 Lough Derg 354, 367 Lough Doon 476 Lough Ennell 529 Lough Erne Canoe Trail 688 Lough Erne 679, 681, 683-8, 689 Lough Eske 467 Lough Fee 422 Lough Gartan Lough Gill 459 Lough Gur Lough Inagh Valley 416 Lough Key Forest Park 517 Lough Macnean Lough Melvin Lough Muirí 388 Lough Navar Forest Park 687 Lough Neagh 630, 631, 667 Lough Oughter 559 Lough Ree 527 Lough Sheelin 560

14 (L-M) 753 Loughareema 662 Loughcrew Cairns 547 Loughcrew Historic Garden 547 Loughrea 425 Loughrea Peninsula 476 Loughshore Trail 630 Louisburgh 433 Louth, County , Luas 151 Luggala (Fancy Mountain) 162 Lughnasa 324 Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park 180 Lusitania, RMS 256, 260 Lynch s Castle 394 M MacCool, Finn see McCool, Finn Mace Head 414 Macgillycuddy s Reeks 298, 78 Maeve, Queen 455, 516 magazines 696 Magdalene Tower Maghery 475 Maghery Bay 478 Magilligan Point Maharees Islands Malahide 155 Malahide Castle 155 Malin 496 Malin Head Malinbeg 474 Mallow 287 mansions, see stately homes & mansions Manx shearwaters 73, 197, 272 maps 708 Marble Arch Caves 689 Market Cross markets Belfast 577 Dublin 149 Marsh s Library 111 Maynooth Maynooth Castle 178 Mayo, County , McCool, Finn 534, 541, 655 McCourt, Frank 336 McGuinness, Martin 44-5, 47 measures 696, see also inside front cover Meath, County , medical services 724 medieval banquets 362, 364-5, 423 meditation 562 Mellifont Abbey Metal Man (Tramore) 211 Metal Man (Sligo town) 454 metalsmithing 528 metric conversions, see inside front cover Michael Collins Centre 267 Midleton 257 Millmount Museum & Tower Miltown Malbay 373 mines Allihies Copper Mine Museum Arigna Mining Experience 518 Glengowla Mines 415 Mitchelstown Caves Mizen Head Peninsula Mizen Head Signal Station 277 mobile phones 710 Monaghan, County 562-6, Monaghan County Museum & Gallery 562 Monaghan town Monasterboice monasteries & abbeys Ardfert Franciscan friary 314 Ballintubber Abbey 448 Bective Abbey 545 Black Abbey 230 Boyle Abbey 517 Burrishoole Abbey 438 Clones 563 Clonmacnoise Corcomroe Abbey 388 Duiske Abbey 238 Dunbrody Abbey 199 Durrow Abbey 515 Ennis Friary 358 Franciscan Friary (Killarney) 290 Holy Cross Abbey 354 Holy Island Jerpoint Abbey 237 Kells Priory (County Kilkenny) Kylemore Abbey Mellifont Abbey Monasterboice Mt Melleray Cistercian Abbey 217 Multyfarnham Franciscan friary 530 Quin Abbey 362 Rathmullan Friary 491 Riasc Monastic Settlement 329 Rosserk Abbey 446 Rossnowlagh Franciscan friary 467 Tintern Abbey 198 money 20-1, 708-9, see also inside front cover discount cards Moone 185 Moore, Christy 182 Morriscastle 194 motorbikes, see motorcycle travel motorcycle racing 651 motorcycle travel hire 721 road distance chart 721 road rules 721 Mount Stewart House & Gardens 611 Mountcharles 471 Mountmellick 504 Mountrath 504 Mountsandel Fort 650 Mountshannon Mourne Mountains Moville Mt Arderin 503 Mt Brandon 325, 671 Mt Caherconree 326 Mt Carrantuohil 298 Mt Croaghaun 440 Mt Errigal 488 Mt Errisbeg 417 Mt Knockmore 434 Mt Leinster 204, 226 Mt Leinster Scenic Drive 225 Mt Melleray Cistercian Abbey 217 Mt Mullaghcleevaun 162 Mt Mweelrea 421, 671 Mt Nephin 447 Mt Seefin 281 Mt Slievemore 440 Mt Usher Gardens 172 Muckish Mountain 482, 483 Muckross Estate 297 Mullacor 166 Mullaghbane 625 Mullaghmore Mullaghroe Beach 443 Mullet Peninsula Mullingar Mullingar Pewter Visitor Centre 528 Mulranny 438 murals Belfast 582 Derry city Murlough National Nature Reserve 618 Museum of Free Derry 639 museums, see also regional museums Arklow Maritime Museum 176 Birr Castle Historic Science Centre 508

15 754 (M-O) museums continued Coleman Irish Music Centre 457 Dartfield Horse Museum & Park 425 Dublin Writers Museum Fort Dunree Military Museum 498 Fox s Lane Folk Museum 258 Foyne s Flying Boat Museum 342 Garda Museum 105 Harbour Museum Hunt Museum 335 Inishowen Maritime Museum & Planetarium 494 Irish Agricultural Museum 193 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum 601 Irish Republican History Museum 580 Irish-Jewish Museum 122 James Joyce Museum 153 Kiltartan Gregory Musuem 426 Ledwidge Museum 538 Lough Gur Stone Age Centre 339 Michael Davitt Memorial Museum 448 Millmount Museum & Tower Mountmellick Museum 504 Museum of Free Derry 639 National 1798 Rebellion Centre 202 National Museum of Country Life 447 National Museum of Ireland Archaeology & History 106 National Museum of Ireland Decorative Arts & History National Museum of Ireland Natural History 107 National Transport Museum 154 Quaker Museum 184 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Regimental Museum 679 Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum 628 Schull Planetarium 274 Science Gallery 102 Sheelin Irish Lace Museum 683 Stradbally Steam Museum 505 Strokestown Famine Museum 516 Tower Museum 635 Ulster Folk & Transport Museum Map pages 000 Photograph pages Waterford Museum of Treasures 206 Workhouse Museum 640 music courses 321, 360, 411, 457, 458, 474, 519, 703 festivals 126, 170-1, 213, 303, 359, 373, 423, 440, 452, 457, 475, 519, 620, 622, 642-3, 647 folk 58-9 popular traditional 58-9, 60, 83, 381, 386, 396, 411, 413, 457, 458, 475, 596, 625 Mutton Island 372 Mweenish Island 414 mythology, Celtic 516, 534, 536, 539, 548, 655 N National 1798 Rebellion Centre 202 National Botanic Gardens 120 National Craft Gallery 230 National Famine Memorial 434 National Gallery 106 National Library National Museum of Country Life 447 National Museum of Ireland Archaeology & History 106 National Museum of Ireland Decorative Arts & History National Museum of Ireland Natural History 107 national parks 74, see also forest parks, nature reserves, parks & gardens Ballycroy National Park 442 Connemara National Park 421 Glenveagh National Park 489 Killarney National Park Wicklow Mountains National Park 157 National Sealife Centre 170 National Transport Museum 154 nature reserves 74, see also national parks, forest parks, parks & gardens Barna Woods 413 Copper Coast European Geopark Cuilcagh Mountain Park 561-2, 689 Murlough National Nature Reserve 618 Oxford Island National Nature Reserve 631 Raven Nature Reserve 194 Navan 538, 539 Navan Fort 630 Neeson, Liam 668 Nenagh 354 Nenagh Castle 354 Nendrum Monastic Site New Quay 388 New Ross Newbridge Newbridge House 124 Newcastle Newgrange Newman House 109 Newport 438 Newry Newry & Mourne Museum 624 newspapers 53, 696 Newtown 544 Newtownards 611 Ní Mháille, Gráinne see O Malley, Grace Nire Valley 219 North Down Coastal Path 606 North Mayo Sculpture Trail O O Carolan, Turlough 59, 519 O Connell, Daniel birthplace 302 family home 307 former home 109 gravesite 121 monument 357 statue 114 O Malley, Grace 433, 434, 436, 438 Odyssey Complex 577 Offaly, County , 502 Ogham stones 307, 329, 444, 547 Old Barracks Heritage Centre Old Jameson Distillery (Dublin) 118 Old Jameson Distillery (Cork city) 257 Omagh 690 Omey Island 419 opera 190, 207 Ormeau Baths Gallery Ormond Castle 353 Oughterard Oughtmama Valley 388 Our Lady s Island 196 Oxegen 126 Oxford Island National Nature Reserve 631 oysters 423

16 (P-R) 755 P painting 63 courses 440, 474 Tory Island 481 Paisley, Ian 44-5, 46, 667 paragliding 699 Parke s Castle 524 parking 721 parks & gardens, see also forest parks, national parks, nature reserves Abbey Sense Gardens 501 Altamont Gardens 224 Antrim Castle Gardens 667 Bamboo Park 283 Bantry House gardens 278 Belvedere House Gardens & Park 528 Birr Castle Demesne gardens Botanic Gardens (Belfast) 579 Cappoquin House & Gardens 217 Carlow, County 223 Castle Archdale Country Park 685 Cave Hill Country Park 581 Copper Coast European Geopark Cuilcagh Mountain Park 561-2, 689 Delta Sensory Gardens 221 Derreen Gardens 286 Derrynane National Historic Park 307 Doneraile Park 287 Downhill Estate 649 Duckett s Grove 224 festivals 175 Fota House Arboretum 255 Garden of Europe 316 Glenarm Castle Walled Garden 665 Glenveagh Castle gardens 489 Heywood Gardens 501 Howth Castle gardens Irish National Stud & Gardens Iveagh Gardens 109 John F Kennedy Arboretum 201 Johnstown Castle gardens 193 Kilgraney House Herb Gardens 225 Killruddery House & Gardens 170 Larchill Arcadian Gardens 179 Lismore Castle gardens 218 Loughcrew Historic Garden 547 Merrion Square 109 Mount Stewart 611 Mt Usher Gardens 172 National Botanic Gardens 120 Phoenix Park Portumna Castle & Gardens 426 Roe Valley Country Park 647 Rowallane Garden 605 Salthill Gardens 471 Scrabo Country Park 611 Sir Thomas & Lady Dixon Park St Stephen s Green 108 Tullynally Castle Gardens 530 Vandeleur Walled Garden 369 War Memorial Gardens 113 Woodstock Gardens 238 Parliament Buildings (Stormont) 583 Parnell, Charles Stewart 40-1, gravesite 121 statue 114 Passage East 210 passports 714 Patrick Kavanagh Rural & Literary Resource Centre 565 Patterson, Frank Pearse, Pádraig 41, 56, 114, 414 Pearse, Patrick, see Pearse, Pádraig People s Gallery pewter 528 Phoenix Park phone codes 710, see also inside front cover phonecards 710 photography 63, 709 restrictions 709 pickpocketing 703 Pigeon Hole 432 planetariums Armagh city 628 Inishowen Peninsula 494 Schull 274 planning 20-5, see also itineraries discount cards holidays 707 plants 73-4 playwrights 64 poetry 56-7 Poisoned Glen 488 poitín 68 Pollatomish 443 ponies 74 pony traps 407 population 18, 49, Portaferry Portarlington 504 Portballintrae 654 Portbradden 657 Portmagee Portrush Portsalon 491 Portstewart Portumna 426 Portumna Castle & Gardens 426 postal services 709 potatoes 65 pottery Ardmore 216 Belleek 687 Clogher 328 Kilkenny city 236 New Quay 388 Poulnabrone Dolmen 385 Powerscourt Estate prisons, see jails Protestantism 55 public transport 722 Belfast Dublin pubs 68-9, 80-1, 6, 80 oldest in Ireland 608 Puck Fair Festival 301 puffins 197, 305, 376, 481, 660, 676 Pugin, Augustus 177, 202, 290, 309 Pugin, Edward Welby 256 Q quad bikes 225 Quaker Museum 184 Queen s Square Queen s University 578 Quiet Man, the 415, 422, Quin 362 R radio 54-5, 696 Raghtin More 497 railways Belturbet 559 Downpatrick & County Down Railway Fintown Railway 477 Fry Model Railway 155 Giant s Causeway & Bushmills Railway 655 Lartigue Monorailway 316 Stradbally 505 West Clare Railway 370 Rath of Mullaghmast 185 Rath of the Synods (Tara) 540 Rathcairn 545 Rathdrum Rathfran Abbey 444 Rathlin Island Rathmelton 492