Top ten most popular tourist destinations in Ireland for 2012 named

I have been to Ireland 5 times and my husband and i are returning in two weeks. It is the home of my grand mom and on my grandfathers side they were from the North. She was from Galway. I love all of it. Dublin is a city for some great local things to do. Nice starting point for those that don't want to tour on a bus. They have great companies that can take you out to some different places. But I like to toue also. I have done it both ways. I love the bus driver telling the old history and the singing of the old songs. Which you don't get if you wing it. I also have done the buses and the trains. The downside is MOST of the time you have to go back to Dublin for connections. I still have family there which I will get to meet with this trip

Day 2 - Irish word Mí, means month. Téana ort, tabhair cabhair agat dom, Gaeilgeoir, má mé tuigeann. Le do thoil.

Pretty lame list as we all know that tourists do not come to Ireland to see cities or towns (after Dublin and Galway maybe). Scratch Sligo, Ennis and Limerick.

Yes! Forgive and forget. After all, those skilled Protestant rivetters didn't drop any more red hot hammers on the unprotected heads of unskilled Catholic tradesmen than was absolutely necessary in the circumstances. And since faulty rivetting was said to be the fault line of its sinking, does this not prove that sectarian distraction was an occupational hazard. But it is time to embrace each other, such things being a century ago. And Traveller feuding isn't as bad as alleged in Limerick. After all, as descendants of the defeated Irishry, they're one of Cromwell's more delightful contemporary legacies. Love the picture of the town I love so well.

We should have an Irish word for the day. How about Lá that means day.

i would rate kinsale cork high on the list ,a wonderful old town full of history , but then, thats just me i was born there so im biased.

How about Sneem village on the Ring of Kerry? Never been there? Go folks, it's breathtakingly beautiful! I admit I'm biased-it's my ancestral home.

CLARE NOT EVEN MENTIONED,HARD TO FIGURE THAT OUT

@Mousemess.Thanks from the majority of ethnic Irish who have never learned our beautiful and ancient tongue(translation of place names Sept 15). So how about teaching us Irish? You're obviously fluent. A simple phrase or two each week with phonetics-unlike your smug unhelpful postings so far-would be really appreciated!I have asked IC several times to address this issue. Here's your chance to shine!

At least the Anglo-Ascendancy "Hell's Fires" Club, desecrating the ancestral home(for over 300 years)of the FitzGerald Earls of Desmond, in Askeaton, Limerick, did not make the list!!!

1.Dublin =Baile Atha Cliath 2.Belfast =Beal Feirste 3.Galway =Gaillimh 4.Cork =Corcaigh 5.Limerick =Luimneach 6.Killarney =Cill Airne 7.Kilkenny =Cill Chainnigh 8.Waterford =Port Lairge 9.Ennis =Inis 10.Sligo =Sligeach

Ah, TheOldPerfessor, I think you're being a little unfair to Limerick. It is a little busy,though. I think it's so beautiful the way the Shannon River flows through the city. I know I'm a little prejudiced because my great-grandfather was from Limerick City. You have to admit there is a strong history. I love the determination of spirit there. By the way, I've been to all of the cities listed, except Belfast. I agree with pilib04, Westport is beautiful! My favorite places are the ancient sites, and the small towns of the West, from Doolin through Ballyvaghan. Now, I'm missing it.

thanks for the comment but if you dont live here then you have no idea what you are talking about! thanks frankieblo

frankiebio, at some point you have to forgive. What you described took place 100 years ago. Why not go back 400 years to the Middle Passage? I am sure you could make the same points. Peace in Northern Ireland can only come with forgiveness and reconciliation. That includes forgiving those who voted to abandon the Republicans of Ulster for a Free State.

I agree with TheOldPerfessor, Limerick, really? The others are probable, but Limerick? Ennis and Sligo are a might shaky. I would put up Bundoran, Derry and Westport.