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Ireland101’s Top 10 List

Top 10 Irish Islands

  1. Arrinn Mhor
  2. Tory Island
  3. Inisheer
  4. Inishmore
  5. Whiddy Island
  6. Garnish Island
  7. Cape Clear
  8. Bere Island
  9. Sherkin Island
  10. Dursey Island

Top 10 Irish Books

  1. Ulysses by James Joyce
  2. Thy Tears Might Cease by Michael Farrell
  3. The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen
  4. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
  5. Troubles by JG Farrell
  6. The Year of the French by Thomas Flanagan
  7. Amongst Women by John McGahern
  8. The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
  9. Fools of Fortune by William Trevor
  10. Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor

Top 10 Irish Albums

  1. U2 – The Joshua Tree
  2. The Pogues – Waiting for herb
  3. Thin Lizzy – Renegade
  4. The Cranberries – Stars
  5. Van Morrison – Days like this
  6. Christy Moore – Ride On
  7. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
  8. Rory Gallagher – Defender
  9. Sinead O’Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
  10. Damien Rice – Live at union chapel

Top 10 Irish Festivals

  1. St Patricks Day
  2. Galway Races
  3. Rose of Tralee
  4. Galway Oyster Festival
  5. Cork Midsummer
  6. Lisdoonvarna MatchMaking Festival
  7. Listowel Food Fair
  8. Puck Fair
  9. Oxegen
  10. Kilkenny Arts


Top 10 Moments in History

  1. Newgrange
  2. First Irish Parliament
  3. The Easter Rising
  4. Viking Ireland
  5. The Great Famine
  6. Celts Arrive
  7. Pope John Paul II
  8. Georgian High Culture
  9. Christianity Comes to Ireland
  10. Battle of the Boyne

Top 10 Hidden Dublin Tours

  1. Howth Head cliff walk
  2. 40th Foot Swimming Baths
  3. Dún Laoghaire west pier walk
  4. South Bull wall pier
  5. Glasnevin Cemetry
  6. Picnic on Dalkey Island
  7. U2 Studio (Hanover Quay)
  8. Sandymount Strand
  9. The Grave Digger’s Pub
  10. Seapoint Victorian Baths

Top 10 Dublin Sights

  1. Guinness Brewery
  2. Trinity College/Book of Kells
  3. Grafton Street
  4. National Art Gallery
  5. Famous Writers/Poets
  6. National Botanic Gardens
  7. Dublin Zoo
  8. Dublinia
  9. National Museum of Ireland
  10. Temple Bar

Top 10 Country Sights

  1. Giants Causeway
  2. Blarney Stone
  3. Cliffs of Moher
  4. Guinness Brewery
  5. Newgrange
  6. Skellig Michael
  7. Ring of Kerry
  8. Bunratty Castle
  9. Aran Islands
  10. Ben Bulben

Top 10 Southern Sights

  1. West Cork
  2. Kinsale
  3. Cork City
  4. Kilarney
  5. Ring of Kerry
  6. Skellig Rock
  7. Tralee
  8. Adare
  9. Glendalough
  10. Waterford

Top 10 Northern Sights

  1. Giants Causeway
  2. Dunluce Castle
  3. Belfast Castle
  4. Derry City
  5. Slieve League Cultural Centre
  6. Glens of Antrim
  7. Carrickfergus Castle
  8. Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
  9. Strangford Lough
  10. Ulster American Folk Park

Top 10 Western Sights

  1. Aran Islands
  2. Connemara
  3. Galway City
  4. Kylemore Abbey
  5. The Burren
  6. Connemara National Park
  7. Sligo
  8. Croagh Patrick
  9. Clifden
  10. Omey Island

Top 10 Irish Golf Courses

  1. The K Club
  2. Druids Glen
  3. Ballyliffin
  4. Ballybunion
  5. Lahinch Golf
  6. Royal Portrush
  7. Portmarnock
  8. Mount Juliet
  9. Royal County Down
  10. Slieve Russell
 

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