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Destinations

• Armagh - ecclesiastical capital of all Ireland.
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh[?] - seat of the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh.
• Clare
  • Burren[?]
• Cork
• Dublin
  • Dublin Castle - seat of British rule, now a major tourism centre.
  • Hill of Howth[?]
  • Phoenix Park - largest inner city park in the world.
  • Áras an Uachtaráin - residence of the President of Ireland.
  • Glasnevin Cemetery - burial location of Eamon de Valera, Michael Collins, Roger Casement, Tim Healy, Sean T. O'Kelly, memorial to Irish war dead in First World War, Republican Plot, etc.
  • St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral - seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin.
  • Trinity College Dublin (also called the University of Dublin) Ireland oldest university, founded by Queen Elizabeth I and home of the Book of Kells. (The film Educating Rita was made on the campus.)
  • Georgian Dublin - view of eighteenth century streetscape of Dublin.
• Galway
  • Connemara[?] - Irish gaeltacht (gaelic speaking area).
• Kildare[?]
  • Maynooth[?] - ecclesiastical capital of the Republic of Ireland.
• Meath[?]
  • Newgrange - a monument older than the pyramids.
  • Knowth[?] - a similar monument even more impressive than Newgrange that has only recently been opened for visitors.
  • Boyne Valley[?] - location of the above two and other monuments.
  • Hill of Tara - seat of Ireland's ancient High Kings.
  • Kells[?] - where the Book of Kells was written.

Airports

• Dublin Airport[?]
• Shannon International Airport
• Knock International Airport[?]
• Belfast International Airport[?]

Tourism Bodies

• Tourism Ireland[?] (formerly known as Bord Failte[?])