The top ten most beautiful spots in Ireland that every tourist should visit

Wow, what an original

Wow, what an original list... :( How about Connemara? Achill Island? Slieve League in Donegal? Heck, all of Donegal....The Rosses, Glenveigh, Rosguill, Fanad Peninsulas, Malin Head. Dunluce Castle in NI? Spectacular Scenery. All of it. Has anyone in Irish Central ever heard of these places?

yeah, man's involvement with Newgrance makes it special... I know an Irish guy in Chicago area who worked as electrician stringing lights into the passageway back in the sixties... monumental...

nice to see area in Northern Ireland highlighted. Tourism has been fairly dormant there until just recently, and tourist traffic and dollars are fine incentives for curbing bigoted behavior, seems to me...

All lovely places but our biggest treasure is New Grange for too many reasons--mother nature created most of the beauty spots but mans involvement with Newgrange really leaves it a stand alone---30 mins from Dublin Airport

This list will make Ciaradex and her fellow Partitionist posters mad. You see, according to their nutty definition of Ïreland, numbers 2, 4 and 5 above are not in Ireland.

Wherever you go in the island's four qudrants: Ulster/Northern Ireland - Munster/southern Ireland - Leinster/eastern Ireland or Connacht/western Ireland, you're sure to find something to tickle your ecological or environmental fancy. Most destination are accessible from Dublin city, the capitol of Ireland. I do most of them in day trips during summer months. And with the country's four international airports based provincially: Belfast - Cork - Dublin and - Shannon, (togther with local airports Derry - Galway - Longford - Sligo - Waterford) - it's just a flight away from wherever you happen to be in the world.

Normally I post my own list or make some snide remark. However, this list is pretty good. You can always add something, but this is pretty fine. Ciaran1433 also has a point about South Armagh. Crossmaglen is a great place for day trips to numerous points of interest including Tara, Newry, Newgrange and Warrenpoint.

Even the lone donkey is beautiful!

Fantastic article and beautiful pictures! I passed this article on to my neighbors in California.

11. South Armagh - It has stunning vistas, beautiful mountain ranges and a wonderful Irish music tradition. As recently as 1926 South Armagh was part of the Gaeltacht (Irish language speaking region). Tommy Makem of the famous Makem and Clancy Brothers hails from this beautiful part of Ireland and his legacy and that of the South Armagh musical tradition can be found in the local pubs. Slieve Gullion national park located in an area of outstanding natural beauty is one of the great nature parks of Ireland, North or South. South Armagh is located just over 50 miles from Dublin airport and almost the same distance from Belfast international airport so its very easy to reach from Ireland's two major airports.

I agree with this list though I might add the loughs/lakes of Co. Cavan to the list. Not as spectacular as the list but still lovely.

I was privileged to visit many of these places, although not all and have to agree with the article. As an Irish-American, I always tend to think of myself as Irish first, American second. There aren't any "bad" places to see in Ireland...no matter where the eyes fall, they see beauty in some form or another. Long live Ireland and her people!