Top Romantic Places in Ireland

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Ireland is full of places where landscape and history combine to create an air of romance. But in this article we are selecting only those places which have that certain, almost indefinable, magic that make you want to snuggle closer to the one you love.


These are places that would be perfect for a romantic weekend away, for popping that question or for creating precious memories that will make you both smile in the years to come. Not all are easy to get to, some are very much off the beaten track, but they are all worth the effort.

Inistioge, Co Kilkenny

More about Inistioge, Co Kilkenny Nestled by a river among rolling hills, the little town of Inistoige is a favoured romantic hideaway for many Irish people. By day stroll along a grassy footpath by a wide and peaceful river, walk though the woods and gardens at the...
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Achill Island

More about Achill Island Achill, off the coast of Co Mayo, is Ireland's largest Island and is connected to the mainland by a bridge. The Island is steeped in history, with evidence of human settlement going back more than 4000 years. The sea is never...
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Yeats Country

More about Yeats Country There can hardly be a more romantic poet than William Butler Yeats, and this is the area where he grew up, to which he returned often and where he is buried. It is a place of forests, rivers and lakes, with a coastline that varies...
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