Day Tours from Dublin takes the reader on twenty itineraries, all accessible in a single day by car from anywhere in the city. It includes such destinations as Avondale, Courtown Harbour, Ballitore and Moone, Birr Castle, Clonmacnoise, Tullynally, Newgrange and Slieve Gullion.
Each route is described in detail in Michael Fewer's inimitable, lucid and compelling prose. He writes knowledgeably of history, folklore and, in particular, the built environment. In the Ballitore and the Moone tour, for instance, you learn that the Dublin Gliding Club, whose gates you pass, welcomes visitors; that Ballymore Eustace was the first Norman town on the Liffey protecting a river crossing; and that in Killeen Cormac you can find the grave of King Cormac of Munster.
Day Tours from Dublin is the perfect family guide and will appeal to the growing market for offbeat leisure activity in the greater Dublin region.
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 136 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
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978-0-7171-3820-3 (9780717138203)
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Michael Fewer is an enthusiastic traveller and walker who enjoys writing about his explorations. His recent books include The New Neighbourhood of Dublin, Walking Across Ireland and Waterford Walks.
