Ireland Holidays

Follow the route of the Ring of Kerry around the spectacular Iveragh Peninsula. Gaze in awe at the Giant’s Causeway and wander the streets of cities like Dublin, Galway, Sligo and Cork in search of fine food, first-class entertainment and the inspiration (liquid or otherwise) that filled the souls of Yeats, Wilde, Shaw and Joyce.

Travel with Newmarket Holidays, head to the towering basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway on the Antrim coast in Northern Ireland, or to the rocky karst landscape of the Burren, and you might find it hard to believe that your awesome, rugged surroundings share a landmass with the rolling green pastures, and crystal lakes and bays, that you’ll find around Skibereen, beside Lough Gill, or on the Cliffs of Moher and the Beara Peninsula.

Ireland is also a country with a long, rich history. Everywhere you turn you’ll find its echoes, from the Neolithic tombs and monuments of the Boyne River Valley and the cliff-top remains of the monastery at Skellig Michael (which doubled as Luke Skywalker’s new home in the 2017 instalment of Star Wars) to the sectarian murals of Belfast and Derry.

Irish art, music and literature has enchanted and inspired many. And every evening, in almost every village, town and city across Ireland, the sound of fiddles, pennywhistles and bodhrans drifts into the evening air from the open doors of pubs and bars. Pencil in a trip to the Dublin Writer's Museum, or take the chance to the kiss the Blarney Stone at famous Blarney Castle in Cork, which legend says will bestow the gift of eloquence upon those who do.

Packed with a majestic history, vibrant culture and raw beauty, every destination you head to on your holiday to Ireland will captivate, surprise, and inspire you.