Things to see and do Munster

This gigantic aquatic center can combine the whole family around its numerous pools, water games and other attractions for lovers of swimming.

Adare, in Ireland's Munster province, is a picturesque village offering visitors a unique experience combining shopping, dining and historical discovery. At the heart of the village is the Adare Heritage Centre, which offers tours of the castle, a historical exhibition, a tourist information point and stores such as Curran's Heraldry, Adare Woollens and Black Abbey Crafts. For food lovers, the Dovecote restaurant is also available. Be sure to visit the village of Adare, reputed to be one of the most beautiful in Ireland, as well as Fitzgeralds Woodlands House and Adare Manor, and the Dunraven Arms.

The main purpose of the visit centre is to welcome visitors by giving them a map of routes along the cliffs and ensuring the necessary comfort for tourism of all ages: cafeteria, washrooms, souvenir shop… The centre is also a tourist office where documents can be found on the whole region. Exhibition spaces have been set up. An information on the fauna and flora of the cliffs and the other, paying, offers a film of animation with a device of immersifs screens and a reconstitution in 3 D of the cliffs. Unless it is accompanied by elderly people who cannot travel on the cliffs or children for whom it will be entertainment, it is not recommended specifically that limited interest pay exposure.

The Blasket Centre is a museum on the inhabitants of Blasket, who lived there by talking only Irish until 1953, and who have been very interested in anthropologists. At the request of them, they wrote books so that they had an overview of their way of life. This sum of books, which can be found throughout Ireland, translated into English, is known as the Blasket Library.

King John's Castle is one of the most impressive Anglo-Norman castles in Ireland. The exhibition centre presents the tormented history of the garrison and the inhabitants of the castle, from its construction in 1212 by King Jean. Paintings illustrate the evolution of the building from the th century to the present and tell the role of native Irish Celts, English, huguenots and palatins, at various periods of history. The exhibition includes a very astonishing series of six wooden sculptures, the real size of the people at the time, representing characters associated with the history of the castle. The front and rear facades of the exhibition centre have been adorned with immense armorial banners painted with medieval scenes and named King John. Archaeological remains, exposed in the basement, evoke Limerick's urban history at birth. A specially crafted film shows us the protagonists (played by actors) of the 1691 seats that result in the famous Limerick Treaty. King John, as the Lord of Ireland, was fighting his own currency. The royal slam hit the coins at the Castle's Coin Hotel. Today, visitors can obtain a replica of the original currency in memory of their visit. In the courtyard of the castle, where war machines and seat instruments are displayed, scroll away from costumed characters illustrating Limerick life in the th century.

It is a big rock of 217 m, beaten by the winds, classified as UNESCO Heritage. You will find an abbey built in the th century. To go to the abbey, you borrow a staircase of 600 steps dug out of the rock: a monument in itself. The isolation of Skellig Michael has recently discouraged visitors, thus favouring an exceptional state of preservation. Skellig Michael also hosts many bird species. Among other things, you can observe petrels, puffin, Gannet, gulls, kittiwake…

The number of visitors arriving on the island every day is limited. It is therefore preferable to reserve during the summer months. The crossing can be done from Portmagee (1 hour 30 min) or Ballinskelligs (1 hour). Count about 25 € return. The ocean can make the crossing difficult, but it is worth it.