tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67353689752012076262024-03-05T18:02:16.378+00:00Touring IrelandEverything you ever need to know about touring IrelandButlers Bus Tourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656237198362284704noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735368975201207626.post-3334847335686195172018-10-31T13:36:00.003+00:002018-11-15T11:03:59.513+00:00Ten Of Our Most Haunted Places In Ireland<div style="text-align: center;">
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1.Glenuilin, Co. Derry.</div>
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It is said the first Vampire is buried here, he is supposed to be standing upright and upside down.</div>
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2.Cobh, Co. Cork</div>
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The renowned local White Witch reports that she and others have observed the mass funeral for the victims of the Lusitania as it moves from Cobh town to the Old Cemetery. Recently it was reported the footsteps of what sounded like hundreds of mourners were heard walking the road, when the gentleman who heard it, turned there was no one to be seen. đČ</div>
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3. Spooky Glendalough đ»đ»đ».</div>
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Ever heard of the ghost of Kathleen at Glendalough? Kathleen is said to be the ghost of a woman in a Red Dress. It is said her ghostly form has appeared in photos taken in the area. The story has many forms as it dates back to the 500's, one of them says that St.Kevin whipped her with nettles and pushed her into a lake after she pursued him.</div>
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4. Biddy from Belfast.</div>
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Biddy's lover Luke left for fame in Dublin. Biddy pined after him and when Luke passed he left all his money to Biddy. It is said she drank herself to death in the hope of joining him. Unfortunately, it didn't work as planned as she is still seen roaming Smithfield Market looking for her beloved Luke.</div>
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5. Belvelly Castle, Co. Cork.</div>
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The castle is said to be haunted by Lady Margaret Hodnett, described as the faceless white lady. Lady Margaret was the fairest of the land and after refusing the hand of Clon Rockenby several times, he demanded she is taken to him forcibly. Her family held them off for three years and when they eventually surrendered, He meets her looking ashen faced and almost starved. Her brother killed Clon while he was nursing Lady Margaret and in his last words, he cursed her "Margaret, with my last breath I curse you. May you seek for mirrors forever, and never find them"</div>
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6. Kilmainham Gaol, Kilmainham, Co. Dublin.</div>
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There are lots of ghostly tales about Kilmainham Gaol. During its restoration, the caretaker Dan McGill reported lights mysteriously turning on and off in the prison chapel. Another man was decorating the 1916 memorial corridor when he heard heavy footsteps climbing the stone stairs and walking up behind him. When he turned, no one was in the corridor, despite the fact that the footsteps continued right past him. </div>
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7. Ross Castle, Lough Sheelin, Co. Meath.</div>
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Legend has it that in 1536 Sabina met a young man named Orwin, son of an OâReilly chieftain. The two fell in love, but they werenât considered a good match, with Sabina being English and Orwin being Irish. they decided to elope and took a boat out onto Lough Sheelin, Orwin meets his end in the lough and while Sabina survived she soon died of a broken heart. She still roams the castle looking for her love. </div>
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8. Leap Castle in County Offaly.</div>
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Leap Castle is regarded as one of the most haunted places in Europe, a tour of its dark secrets reveals a deadly power struggle in the 1600s that resulted in a priest being slain by his brother as he said Mass in what is now known as the Bloody Chapel. In 1900 workers discovered a hidden sunken dungeon next to the chapel, its floor perforated with deliberately placed wooden spikes. Three cartloads of human bones were removed from the hellhole.</div>
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9. Grace Neillâs in Co. Down.</div>
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Originally built in 1611, Grace Neill ran the inn for many years until her death in 1918 a great age of 98. Neill was a woman with a big personality and enjoyed running her Inn but Grace hasnât let her death stop her work. A ghost of an old woman in Victorian clothing has been seen around the Inn and her spirit can be seen at the front bar, straightening glasses and furniture and switching lights on and off.</div>
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10. Ballygally Castle, Antrim. </div>
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Mediums who have stayed at the Castle have claimed there are as many ghosts as there are guests. </div>
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One haunting concerns Lady Isobel Shaw, who, having given birth to a daughter, was locked in a tower by her husband because she couldnât produce a male heir. Rather than starve, Isobel leapt to her death on the rocks below. Her ghostly figure can be seen wandering the corridors at night, knocking on guestsâ doors crying for her daughter.</div>
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1. Galway is the best place to enjoy a good hooker.</h4>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Galway Hooker is actually a traditional fishing boat used in Galway Bay! Of course there is now the Galway Hooker Beer so you can enjoy a "Galway Hooker" in every pub đ. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Legend has it that the term Lynching comes from a hanging in 1493. The mayor of Galway city, James "Lynch" Fitzstephen hanged his own son for the murder of a young Spanish visitor. The mayor was both judge and executioner in the case as nobody else would dare carry out the execution of the Mayor's son.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 1951, The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara was filmed in rural Co Galway, as well as nearby Cong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once upon a time, there lived a chief and his daughter was called Gailleamh. One sad day she drowned in the river, the story goes that to mourn her death the chief founded a camp at the mouth of the river. This camp soon turned into a settlement and in honour of the chiefâs daughter, it was named Gaillimh. Gaillimh is the Irish name for Galway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 1. Dublin, "I am the one and only" đ¶ </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Chesney Hawkes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Apparently not, there are twelve Dublins in the United States, six in Australia and one in Canada. What can I say you know you are winning when you are being copied!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Monto was once the biggest red light district in Europe. The name is derived from Montgomery Street (now Foley Street). In its time from the 1860s - 1920s, there were up to 1,600 prostitutes working there at any one time. It was immortalised in the Nighttown chapter of Ulysses and by the folk song "Monto" written by George Hoddnet and later brilliantly sang by the Dubliners. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 1836, Fr. John Spratt, an Irish priest, was given many tokens of esteem following a sermon in Rome. One gift from Pope Gregory XVI were the remains of St. Valentine and a small vessel tinged with his blood. The Reliquary was placed in Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin. So if you are looking for love, leave a letter or light a candle at the shrine of St Valentine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Arthur Guinness must have had a lot of confidence in his brewery when he took out the lease on St Jamesâs Gate in 1759, as he took out a 9,000-year lease. Arthur was 100% right to believe in himself, Guinness is the biggest selling stout in the world with 10 million glasses being sold every day in 150 countries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Irelandâs National Treasure is âThe Book of Kellsâ, a sacred manuscript, which consists of the Four Gospels of the New Testament. It has long been associated with St Colum Cille (c 521-597 AD). The beautiful, gold book was made by Celtic Monks around 800 AD, and today lies in the Trinity College Library.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">1. There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important things. While Ireland is a relatively small country, one of t</span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">he biggest mistakes people make when planning their trip is underestimating how long it takes to travel around the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="color: #274e13;">4. St. Patrick's Day was an alcohol free holiday. </span></b><br /><br />In Irish law from 1903 to 1970, St. Patrick's Day was declared a day of religious observance. <br /><br />Which meant all pubs were closed for the day. <br /><br />This law was overturned in 1970, when St. Patrick's Day was reclassified as a national holiday.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #274e13;"><b> 5. St Patrick's colour was actually blue not green.</b></span><br /><br />In fact most of the country, including its flag, were represented by blue. <br /><br />In 1798 the colour green became officially associated with the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="color: #274e13;">6.The shamrock is not the symbol of Ireland.</span></b><br /><br />The Harp is!! <br /><br />The shamrock is the national flower of Ireland.<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> 7. The 1st St Patrick's Parade was in America.</span></b><br /><br />The first recorded St Patrickâs Day celebration was in New York in 1762.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #274e13;"><b> 8. St Patrick's Day is celebrated in Space. </b></span><br /><br />St Patrickâs Day is celebrated in countries across the globe, and even in lower orbit. <br /><br />Itâs been marked several times on NASAâs International Space Station.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">9. Don't pinch me!</span></b><br /><br />The tradition in America is to pinch anyone who isn't wearing green on St. Patrick's Day. <br /><br />Legend has it that wearing green makes you invisible to leprechauns.......who pinch anyone they see!<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> 10.Happy Maewyn Day.</span></b><br /><br />St Patrick's given name was Maewyn Succat. <br /><br />We could be celebrating âMaewyn Dayâ instead of âSt Patrickâs Dayâ if his name was not changed when he was ordained as a priest.<br /><br /><b><br /> One Bonus fact!!</b><br /><br /><span style="color: #274e13;"><b> 11.Did he even use a Shamrock?</b></span><br /><br />Although itâs widely believed that Saint Patrick used the three-leaved shamrock to describe the Holy Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, thereâs no written mention of this until as late as the 1600's.</span><br />
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Butlers Bus Tourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656237198362284704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735368975201207626.post-27441357206006171802015-04-15T17:31:00.000+01:002015-04-19T22:31:01.767+01:00When is the best time to visit Ireland weather wise?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ok let's talk about the weather in Ireland!</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Irish people just love to talk about the weather. It has got to be our favourite national pastime (being obsessive on the subject would be a fair accusation). I suppose our ever contrasting climate does give us oodles to converse about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The good news is ...?</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The good news is that we have a moderate climate with no extremes. Our winters are not too cold and our summers are not too hot.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />However be warned that we can experience all 4 seasons in one afternoon on occasion.<br /><br />Rest assured though that the old saying holds true "If you don't like the weather now, just wait a few minutes"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although we spend a lot of time bemoaning our weather, Irish people in general are an incredibly optimistic bunch as we never have an umbrella and we rarely dress appropriately for any season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do Irish people do on a sunny day?</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a common sight on a beautiful sunny summers day to see milk white Paddys and Patricias stripped off to the bare minimum getting as much exposure to the blazing sun as humanly possible. (Think pig on a spit!)</span><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jlXBcdeCM3M/VS6Rm2cJA1I/AAAAAAAAl3Q/y7cNa_g5gFI/s1600/donkey-sunburn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jlXBcdeCM3M/VS6Rm2cJA1I/AAAAAAAAl3Q/y7cNa_g5gFI/s1600/donkey-sunburn.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br />After all, this nice weather could very well just be a "once off" and it could be raining tomorrow so one feels it is almost his/her patriotic duty to make the very most of it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The conversation later that evening while cooling off by skulling back pints of "The Black Stuff" in the local pub would be centered around on what a great colour was got by all that day. <br /><br />The following day off course, mother nature would expose hungover lobsters galore. Lesson learnt? Not at all - "shure wasn't it all great craic after all - can't wait for next year!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although amusing to the informed tourist, the above information is not going to help you very much with your visit to Ireland so here is my best advice based on my very own personal experience:<br /><br />The best weather is from May to September peaking in July but April and October are still viable options. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">December to February are the coldest months with average temperatures of 3</span><span style="font-size: large;">°</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to 8°C. (37.4</span><span style="font-size: large;">° to 46.4</span><span style="font-size: large;">°F)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Record low temperatures of -18</span><span style="font-size: large;">°C (-0.4</span><span style="font-size: large;">°F)</span><span style="font-size: large;"> have been recorded back in January 1979</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />March and April can be somewhat pleasant with an average 4</span><span style="font-size: large;">°</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to 12</span><span style="font-size: large;">°C (39.2</span><span style="font-size: large;">° to 53.6</span><span style="font-size: large;">°F)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">May to September are our warmest months with an average of 6</span><span style="font-size: large;">°</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to 19</span><span style="font-size: large;">°C</span><span style="font-size: large;"> (42.8</span><span style="font-size: large;">° to 66.2</span><span style="font-size: large;">°F) </span><span style="font-size: large;">peaking in July. It's not unusual to reach the mid 20's </span><span style="font-size: large;">and sometimes even to record temperatures</span><span style="font-size: large;"> in the low 30's</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />October is not too bad at 6</span><span style="font-size: large;">°</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to 13</span><span style="font-size: large;">°C (42.8</span><span style="font-size: large;">° to 55.4</span><span style="font-size: large;">°F)</span><span style="font-size: large;"> but November starts to get cooler again heading into averages of 4</span><span style="font-size: large;">°</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to 10</span><span style="font-size: large;">°C (39.2</span><span style="font-size: large;">° to 50</span><span style="font-size: large;">°F)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also get a whopping 18 hours of daylight during our peak summertime with days getting bright around 5am and getting dark around 11pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Even with our best weather the evenings can be cool so you will need to bring a sweater (or a Jumper as we call it). Always bring a light raincoat that you can pack away easily. A foldable umbrella can be handy anytime of the year (personally I prefer a baseball cap which is good for sun and rain). Of course do bring your shorts as you will get plenty of opportunity to wear them too.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />November to February can be a bit on the coolish/damp/misty side and the days are quite short. Our shortest day is about 8 hours.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">These months see a significant decrease in tourist numbers for perhaps those very reasons but if you like to get away from the crowds and get a lot more bang for your buck then I recommend going for it!<br /><br />Ireland is genuinely the most beautifully enchanting country in the whole world all year round no matter what the weather. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And of course the Irish people are the same no matter what time of the year you travel so you can always expect a warm welcome when you arrive.<br /><br />So when are you coming......<br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am always happy to answer any questions about your visit to Ireland - Leave a comment below.</span></i></span><br />
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