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Courses
The following are two new tourism products which finished in August but will be running for the 2005 season. Irish Senses will accommodate groups throughout the year if they get a minimum of 10 persons per booking.
Irish Senses
Irish culture is all about participation. Visitors can take 90 minutes (three half hour classes) to immerse themselves in the richness of Irish tradition and experience the rhythm, the dance and the gentle art of Celtic design.
Learn to Play the Bodhrán: An opportunity to master the rythms of reels and jigs in a fun and lively session.
Celtic Design: Unlock the secrets of the ancient scribes and create a Celtic artifact.
Dance an Irish Jig: Kick up the heels, let the hair down and meet some new folks.
Price per person: €14 – group rates available.
Irish Senses, 14-15 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin 1, Tel: (087) 990 3775 /(087) 2391 354, Email: info@irishsenses.com Web: www.irishsenses.com
Contact: Frances Cranny
Cultúr for 2005
This is a new tourism product which commenced in Dublin recently offering workshops on Irish Culture. It finished at the end of August but will run again next year from June to August. The company is already taking bookings for 2005 season. They offer workshops on Irish culture covering: Irish music, Irish singing, Irish dancing, Irish language, Irish History and Mythology. The workshops are run by highly skilled and experienced facilitators. All participants receive an informative handbook on Irish culture.
Prices start from €10, Group rates available.
They are open Monday to Friday from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. (workshops start on the hour).
Email: eolas@gaelchultur.com Web: www.gaelchultur.com
The courses are run in conjunction with Foras na Gaeilge (Government Language body) and Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge.
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Health Tourism
Kelly’s Resort Hotel have just opened a €5 Million Spa at Rosslare, Co Wexford.
It was developed by world famous E’SPA Spa Consultants.
Seaspa is a new concept in total wellbeing. Here, healing sea waters, heat and steam experiences, blended with therapeutic lighting and textured surrounds will help service the body, mind and soul. The Sea spa experience consists of three elements, thermal spa, holistic treatment and pure relaxation.
Their lifestyle programmes of activity are a range of indoor and outdoor pursuits that are arranged daily. Guests can choose from Aqua Aerobics, personal training, get fit with kick-boxing or a relaxing walk along Rosslare beach.
Further information from: Pauline Power, Sales / Marketing Executive or Bill Kelly, General Manager, Kellys Resort Hotel, Rosslare, Co Wexford, Tel: (053) 32001, Fax: (053) 32222, Email: kellyhot@iol.ie Web: www.kellys.ie
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Tours
Sustainable Tourism Initiative Launched In Temple Bar
TASCQ (Traders in the Area Supporting the Cultural Quarter) – a traders group in Temple Bar - have launched the Official Walking Tour of Dublin’s Cultural Quarter as part of a sustainable tourism enterprise for the area. The tour, which lasts a little over an hour, costs €10 and all funds received will be invested back into environmental services to green and clean the area.
Over 40,000 people visit Temple Bar everyday, yet many are unfamiliar with the deep history associated with the area. According to well known Dublin historian, Pat Liddy, the history of Temple Bar is the history of Dublin itself.
Highlights of the tour include a visit to the first Viking settlements and a walk around the medieval Old City, where Isolde’s Tower is located – the tower which marked the northeast corner of the Old City of Dublin. Other tour highlights include the site of O’Neal’s Music Hall, where the first performance of Handel’s Messiah took place, Kevin Barry House, where the young republican grew up and the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, where visitors can view the Daniel O’Connell death mask.
Tours start from the Temple Bar Information Centre at 12 East Essex Street and run Monday to Saturday, at 11.00 a.m., 1.30 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. Sunday tours start at 1.30 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. All tour guides are registered with FIGI, (the Association of Approved Tourist Guides of Ireland) and are professionally trained and insured. To book a place on the walking tour, contact TASCQ at Tel: (01) 677 2397 or log on to www.visit-templebar.com
For further information, please contact:
Lisa Fitzsimons, Communications Manager, TASCQ
Tel: (01) 667 72397 / (087) 900 6973, Email: lisa@tascq.ie
Web: www.visit-templebar.com
Walks and Trails – Fairymount Farm
This family run, organic farm (comprising of horses, sheep, forestry and agri-tourism) has wonderful walking trails with spectacular views and natural wildlife. These walks take visitors past untouched archaeological sites on through pastures, new forestry, woodlands, an old oak wood and down to a private 25 acre lake. A walk to the top of Knockshegowna offers panoramic views overlooking seven counties of unspoilt countryside.
The farm has three main trails taking in many points of interest on the way. The trails have numbered stops and an illustrated booklet links with each number and explains the many interesting and fascinating facts of both past and present. The Heritage Walk is approximately 9 km, The Hill Walk 1.6 km and The Lake Walk 3.2 km. Children and pets welcome.
Fairymount Farm also has three lovely self catering cottages for rent.
Linda and John Kenny, Fairymount Farm, Ballingarry, Roscrea, Co Tipperary,
Tel/Fax: (067) 21139, Mobiles: (087) 919 5486 / (087) 272 6729,
Web: www.fairymountfarm.com Email: kennyfrm@iol.ie
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