Visit Dingle

Lively harbour city of music and pubs.

Music City: the Grand Ole Opry, honky-tonks on Broadway and hot chicken.

Visit Cork, Ireland's second-largest city. Explore the English Market (a historic covered food market operating since 1788), see the 19th-century St. Fin Barre's Cathedral (with its three spires and stained glass), and wander through University College Cork's campus (notable for its Gothic Revival architecture and the Glucksman Gallery).

Ireland's medieval capital: a Norman castle, St Canice's round tower and the Smithwick's brewery.

King John's Castle on the Shannon and the Milk Market, in the city of Angela's Ashes.

The base for the Ring of Kerry, with Killarney National Park, its lakes and red deer next to town.

Ireland's oldest city, founded by Vikings in 914 and still cutting the crystal that carries its name.

A planned Georgian town at the foot of Croagh Patrick, the pilgrimage mountain climbed barefoot every July.