The top ten most beautiful places to visit in Ireland

Derry is the first ever UK City of Culture this year!

seanskelligs: great pitch for skelligs... you would not have a bias, a vested interest in the tourism out to the rocks, would you? still, good pitch; fair play to you...

The Glins of Antrip, the Lakes of Fermanagh and the Mountains of Mourne also rate very highly among Ireland's scenis spots - or have these places been transferred across the sea to Brirain?

We visited in 2006 and drove all over, marveling at the sites and magnificent scenery and enjoyed the people tremendously. We want to come back. The economy at home holds us here. We will come again.

I've been to The Skelligs, Glendalough, Kinsale and I climbed Croagh Patrick. I can attest to the beauty of these places. The Skelligs, Glendalough and Croagh Patrick are especially, significant places of Irish history and Christianity.

Croke Park and Guinness storehouse are great, but really only appeal to a select audience (the athletically inclined and the serious drinking inclined!). I think there is more universal value to the following: Wicklow Mountains (w/ Glendalough), Kinsale in Cork (and include Cork City), and, perhaps at no. 11, Croagh Patrick (and Clew Bay/Westport) in Mayo.

I simply do not understand how anyone could come to Ireland and not visit the Skelligs which is quite simply the best day out in Ireland. The likes of Newgrange and the Giants Causeway are not even on the same pitch not to mention being in the same league. For fabulous pictures look on facebook under Ballinskelligsboats. I guarantee you it is truly awesome

I want to come to Ireland very badly, maybe next spring would be good time. It looks so beautiful in all the pictures I have seen, My husband still has lot of family there so we could combine a vacation with a visit to family. It is beautiful and I want to see it first hand.

Been to Ireland twice and LOVED all the people and the places we visited and will go back again.

What took you so long. We spent Christmas 2009 in the Connemarra countryside. Absolutely beautiful. Extremely difficult to see Ireland by auto. Will have to return later.

My Wife and I just returned from a fifteen day journey of Ireland. We started in Dublin and left out of Shannon. We had a wonderful visit to a wonderful Country. The Irish People love the Americans and show it. One of the real high lights of the trip was a two day stay at The Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore. What a wonderful place. The hotel itself, the service, the staff, the General Manager, the food. This is a hotel that understands what it takes to make a stay a real experience. Put this on your places to visit.

I went to Newgrange on my first trip to Ireland in 1999. Although going through the passageway made me feel a little claustrophobic, it was worth it. The Chamber is so---beautiful. Even though it wasn't on the Winter Solstice, one of the guides shined a light through the roof-box so you got the affect. It was unforgettable! When they shut the light off in the tomb it became pitch black and though I couldn't see at all, suddenly red chevrons were in my view. There's probably a good scientific explanation for that because I was looking at the chevron carvings on one of the corbel roof stones the instant the light went out. It was a rush, especially when the light came back on!