What’s it like being a tourist in Ireland? ‘Five minutes in Temple Bar and I’ve already spotted a man in a leprechaun suit and a hen’
Our writers go on the tourist trail around Ireland
Every year, 10 million tourists flock here to experience the craic, ceol and warm welcome. But does a visit live up to expectations? From Dublin to Killarney, the Blarney Stone and Glendalough, four writers find out what it’s like to be a tourist in their home towns
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