Archive for the ‘Ireland’ Category

Ireland Invites the World to Celebrate St Patrick’s Day & The Gathering (in Ontario, Canada)

TORONTO, ON (March 11, 2013) — In 2013, the year of ‘The Gathering’, Ireland prepares to celebrate its national holiday with the biggest and brightest St Patrick’s Festival ever. From Dublin to Downpatrick, from Belfast to Boyle St Patrick’s Day is an unforgettable celebration in Ireland and we’re inviting the world to join the party!

March 11, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Ireland

New Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre Opens Its Doors in Ireland

Toronto, ON (July 11, 2012) — Northern Ireland’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Giant’s Causeway, has just opened its new C$30 million (£18.5 million), state-of-the-art visitor centre along the famous north Antrim coast.

July 11, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Ireland

Next Stop Derry~Londonderry

Toronto, ON (June 21, 2012) — Derry~Londonderry, UK City of Culture for 2013, will welcome the 10-strong fleet in July 2012 with the Clipper Homecoming Festival as the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race arrives in the Walled City after its 40,000-mile, transatlantic race. This will be the first time Northern Ireland has been represented in [...]

June 21, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Ireland

Spotlight on Northern Ireland: Terra Titanicus

By Richard Bangs Belfast, reaching for the sky. The only thing Belfast does in moderation is moderation. Always, it has been Brobdingnagian in spirit. Always, it has lived large. Once it was the largest linen producer in the world. And had the largest ropeworks. It was the largest manufacturer of fizzy drinks; largest shirt maker; had the largest [...]

June 20, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Ireland

St Patrick’s Day is the Start of an Exciting 2012 in Ireland

Toronto, ON (March 15, 2012) — It’s a national holiday celebrated in more countries than any other, when hundreds of thousands of people around the world don their favourite green shirt or hat, and when thousands march in colourful carnival parades and even thousands more watch. It’s a day when everyone wants to be Irish [...]

March 15, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Ireland

Northern Ireland Gears Up for a Fantastic 2012 Full of Titanic Events

Toronto, ON (February 2, 2012) — Northern Ireland will welcome visitors throughout 2012 for a year-long programme of special events, anniversaries, new visitor attractions and compelling visitor experiences all under the banner ‘Northern Ireland 2012: Your Time, Our Place.’

February 2, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Ireland

It’s Savage Craic: Western Ireland

by Richard Bangs Part 1 of 5 –  It begins, as all good Irish stories, in a pub. Sitting, Guinness in grip, with old friend Karen Coleman, a radio and television host in Dublin, she effluxes: “You’ve got to go to the west of Ireland. It’s good craic.”               [...]

January 16, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Ireland

Sustainable Tourism International Announces Auditor and Consultant Training Course in Ireland

WHITE SALMON, WA – Registration is now open for Sustainable Travel International’s annual Sustainable Tourism Eco-Certification Program™ (STEP) Auditor & Consultant Training. The program will take place November 12-17, 2011, at Belle Isle Castle & Cottages in Ireland.

August 30, 2011 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Ireland

Tourism Ireland Offers Canadians Chance to Win Trip to ‘Discover Dublin and Beyond’

Toronto, ON (July, 2011) — Tourism Ireland has partnered with Air Canada and B&B Ireland to offer Canadians a contest for a chance to win a trip to Ireland to ‘Discover Dublin and Beyond’ on Tourism Ireland’s Canadian Facebook page facebook.com/DiscoverIrelandCA

July 15, 2011 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Ireland

Tourism Ireland Offers Chance to WIN Trip for 4 to 2011 Irish Open

Toronto, ON (July, 2011) — In honour of our very own Rory McIlroy’s recent win at the US Open, Tourism Ireland is offering a chance to win a trip for four to see Rory compete for the title at this year’s Irish Open from July 28 to 31, 2011, at the Killarney Golf & Fishing [...]

July 11, 2011 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Ireland