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Ireland101's Top 10 List

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. D

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