A Rural Experience: Hidden Kilkenny with a Local Guide

Discover the lesser-known sites of County Kilkenny — and beyond to Glendalough and the Rock of Cashel — with Amy McDonald's specialist tour business.

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Discover the lesser-known sites of County Kilkenny — and beyond to Glendalough and the Rock of Cashel — with Amy McDonald's specialist tour business.

Join a local guide in Adare, County Limerick, and hear the story of Ireland's prettiest village — its castles, monasteries, earls and the comeback that made it famous.

Picture-postcard beaches, some of Europe's highest cliffs and megalithic tombs older than the pyramids — Achill Island is Mayo at its wildest and most beautiful.

Go underground in the Burren with a 45-minute cave tour, meet majestic birds of prey and browse a local farm shop on the edge of County Clare.