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Enjoy the Fleadh Cheoil 2026 on this epic 5 day tour of Northern ireland and Donegal We have a great tour going up to the proud city of Belfast on August 3rd 2026 and the tour spends two full days in Belfast enjoying 'the fleadh' before adventuring onwards to the Giants Causeway, historic Derry and beautiful Donegal. The Fleadh Cheoil is the world's biggest festival of Irish music and culture, its like the Olympics of Irish traditional music :) Heres a link to info on this gr

2025 Essential Ireland Tour Dates. 20-50% DIscounts on our last few seats for 2025 are open for reservation! Our Wild Atlantic Way Tour has a few seats left on Sundays (most dates already sold out!) Our famous 'Castles & classics' tour is SOLD-OUT & the ever-popular 'True North' tour now has an even better price than 2024 and the August 18th departure has 4 spots left at a whopping 50% discount! Our aim is to bring you better value all the time and maximise the efficiency and

United Kingdom Electronic travel authorisation (ETA), required for Northern Ireland. How to apply Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. You will need a Electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to enter. Although that is a sore point for many people who live there (whilst many others completely prefer to remain in the United Kingdom) the laws of of the UK are applicable once you enter any of the 6 counties of Northern Ireland. The £GBP pound is the official currency and