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11 things to tick off your ultimate Irish bucket list

How many can you tick off the list?

AS MUCH AS we all like to indulge in a bit of our national past-time (ie, giving out yards), we all have to admit that we’re mad about this country of ours.

There’s lots to see and do, crammed into fields and mountains and rivers up and down Ireland. But what are the absolute must-haves?

What can you not simply not live here without doing? Let’s find out…

1. Peering off the Cliffs of Moher

Cliffs of Moher Source: sedoglia

2. Go up Croagh Patrick barefoot

Barefoot climb 2003 Source: monosnaps

3. Lie in a seaweed bath on Achill

seaweed Source: Facebook/Achill Seaweed Baths

4. Get cured at the Mad Well in Kerry

gleann Source: emeraldisle.tumblr.com

5. Sup a pint in Johnnie Fox’s

jonny Source: Wikimedia Commons

6. Dribble your Teddy’s ice cream by the Dún Laoghaire coast

tedd Source: Pinterest

7. Tripping along the Giant’s Causeway

Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland, Source: D&S McSpadden

8. Catching an All Ireland in Croke Park

All-Ireland Hurling Final replay; Croke Park, Clare v Cork Source: Flickr

9. Seeing the dawn at Newgrange

Newgrange Entrance Source: Blaine Horrocks

 

10. Cliff diving on the Aran Islands

clifflol Source: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland

11. Roll backwards in your car on the Magic Hill in Louth

Source: Flimbob/YouTube

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