Ireland for Independent Travellers
Over 2000 pages of friendly unbiased advice for touring Ireland, what to see and what to avoid.
Update: We have just added Quick Guides to Ireland's Towns. The guides print nicely so you can take them with you to Ireland as well as using them for planning. Only a few towns now, but we'll be adding more soon.
Bear Essentials
If you love teddy bears (and who doesn't?) this charming workshop making hand-crafted mohair bears is a must. The workshop is owned and run by Anke Morgenroth, whose collection of bears are sought after all over the world. They are very beautifully... [More]
Featured Articles
Fun for Kids in IrelandIreland is a pretty child friendly country - and they see fun even in the parts we adults don't like so much, like rain. All those lovely puddles!!...
Ireland's Castles and Great HousesEverywhere you go in Ireland there are castles. Many are small, now ruined, tower houses which you will see acting as bird's nests in the fields as...
Irish National Stud & its GardensIreland is horse country. Its history in both sport horse and thoroughbred breeding is long and Irish horses are probably as widely dispersed around the...
Emerson House, Co Cork
A pleasant well decorated house close to the centre of Cork, specialising in accommodation for gay visitors to the city. The rooms are large and very comfortable,... [More]
What's on in Ireland
Hard Rain is an exhibition of photographs illustrating, line by line, Bob Dylans song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall"
The World Fleadh
July 31st - Aug 4th
John Hewitt International Summer School
19th - 25th July
Éigse Eatharlaí
July 25th - 27th
Latest Blog
Shop around - there are bargains out there
We are apparantly staring recession in the face. Food and fuel prices are soaring, jobless numbers are rising, nobody is buying property and visitor numbers are...
About DoChara
We aim to have all the information you need to tour Ireland in style and within budget and have fun as you go! Think of us as your friend in Ireland, because that's what Do Chara [say: duh - kahr - ah] means, your friend!
For more about who we are, what we do and why see here.
Site Last Updated: 11 October 2008
