What Are The Top 5 Places to Visit Outside Dublin – A Locals Choice

The tourism industry in Ireland is on another level. People from East to West come pouring in to see our cultural heritage, often times this being their own cultural heritage, and even partaking in it with the spectacle of dance and merry song. With half-built construction projects still casting a shadow among different parts of the country we are often reminded of how much we suffered and were forced to endure in the still-recent recession. With your help, our tourism industry helped to push us back into financial security. It is the backbone of the country’s success and so we always aim to please our visitors from across the globe. Unfortunately, many tourists have a pre-conceived notion that Dublin is the be-all end-all of places to visit in Ireland when there are, in fact, many beautiful places across Ireland that give you a far more authentic and less plastic feel of the country. And so, here are my top five places to visit in Ireland outside of Dublin: