The DUBLIN Directory 2022

Pearse Cottage Cultural Centre Ros Muc, in the heart of Connemara, is where in 1909 Patrick Pearse, writer, educator and leader of the 1916 Rising built a cottage on the shores of Loch Oiriúlach. A new Visitor Centre now stands adjacent to the cottage with fascinating interactive exhibitions focussed on Pearse’s legacy and exploring what drew him to Connemara’s unique landscape and history; gaelic culture and language in general and 21st century Connemara. The Burren National Park Visit the Burren National Park in Co Clare, home of traditional Irish music. The Park’s limestone pavement is famous for its powerful combination of fascinating natural and cultural landscapes; its rich historical and archaeological heritage and especially for its unique flora and fauna. Whether you’re a backpacker or a walker, a history, geography or geology lover, or looking for some adventure you’ll fall in love with this breath-takingly beautiful landscape. Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum Foynes was once the last port of call on the eastern shore of the Atlantic for flying boats when it was the centre of the aviation world from 1939 to 1945. The village played an important role in the establishment of passenger flights carrying a diverse range of people from celebrities to refugees. Today the nostalgia of the era is brilliantly recaptured in the exhibits and illustrations throughout the original Terminal Building. The Blasket Centre Out on the very edge of Europe, off the Dingle Peninsula, lie the Blasket Islands, a small archipelago renowned for its storytellers. The last inhabitants left the islands in 1953 and today The Blasket Centre tells the story of how they lived off the land and sea and of how their stories were transcribed to become first written works published from the oral Irish culture. Skellig Michael A designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, Skellig Michael Island is renowned as the site of a well-preserved monastic outpost of the early Christian period with stone beehive huts where monks lived and prayed clinging to cliff edges alongside oratories, a cemetery, stone crosses, holy wells and the Church of St Michael. The site is accessed by boat and climbing over 600 stone steps on a 1,000-year-old stairway. WILD ATLANTIC WAY 234