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TOURS IN IRELAND PRIVATE
INTRODUCTION
CEAD MILLE FAILTE – ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND WELCOMES!
DO YOU WANT TO DO THE CLASSIC HIGHLIGHTS OF IRELAND WITH A TWIST?
DO YOU WANT TO DISCOVER THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY PASSES OFF THE BEATEN TRACK WITH MAJESTIC VIEWS?
FIND THE GEMS OF THE VIBRANT IRISH CULINARY SCENES OR HAVE PRIVATE CHEESE TASTINGS WITH IRELAND’S LEADING CHEESEMAKERS?
DMC TOURS IRELAND OFFERS A LIMITED NUMBER OF EXTENDED TOURS EVERY YEAR, THE MAIN BODY OF OUR WORK IS IN DUBLIN. WE OFFER DAY TOURS FROM DUBLIN IN PRIVATE CARS AND WALKING TOURS WITH GALLERY AND MUSEUMS VISITS INCLUDED. BROWSE THROUGH OUR DIRECTORY OF TOURS AND GET IN CONTACT TO BOOK A TOUR.
ABOUT JIM.
DMC TOURS IRELAND IS THE WEBSITE OF JIM DEMPSEY, ONE OF IRELAND’S LEADING TOUR GUIDES, WHO OFFERS PRIVATE CUSTOM TOURS OF IRELAND. MOST OF THE TOURS ARE WITH JIM HIMSELF BUT AT THE PEAK OF THE SEASON TOURS CAN WE ARRANGED WITH AN ELITE GROUP OF GUIDES CHOSEN BY US. HE BEGAN GUIDING IN 1999 BY ACCIDENT. HE WAS WORKING AS A PRIVATE CHEF ON A TEN-DAY TOUR WITH ONE OF IRELAND’S TOP PRIVATE TOUR OPERATORS. THE SPOTTED HIM AND COMMENTED “YOU ARE A NATURAL FOR TOUR GUIDING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH US”. AND SO, IT BEGAN!
TODAY JIM IS A FAILTE IRELAND RECOGNISED ‘NATIONAL TOUR GUIDE’ AND ‘DUBLIN AND ENVIRONS TOUR GUIDE’. HE HAS QUALIFIED WITH TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN COURSE FOR THE BOOK OF KELLS – THE ANCIENT EARLY CHRISTIAN MANUSCRIPT.
HE ALSO QUALIFIED AS A GUIDE IN GLASNEVIN CEMETERY, THE NATIONAL CEMETERY OF IRELAND WHICH IS THE RESTING PLACE OF SO MANY IRELANDS’ NOTABLE CITIZENS. REGULAR CONTINUOUS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO REMAIN FRESH AND CONTEMPORARY AS A GUIDE. VOICE, BREATH, STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS ARE ALL PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. HE LECTURES THE NATIONAL TOUR GUIDING PROGRAM IN DUBLIN AND HAS TRAINED MANY OF IRELAND’S LEADING TOUR GUIDES TODAY. HE UNDERTAKES CONSTANT RESEARCH AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING AS A RESULT. STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS, VOICE TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE ARE ADDED. A WHISKEY TASTING COURSE WAS UNDERTAKEN ONCE, UNDER DURESS!
PREVIOUSLY HE WORKED IN THE ORGANIC, NATURAL AND ARTISAN FOOD SECTOR. HE IS A QUALIFIED COMPLIMENTARY HEALTH THERAPIST WITH A KEEN SENSE OF THE HOLISTIC.
BELFAST CITY AND ENVIRONS PRIVATE DAY TOUR
TWO HOURS NORTH OF DUBLIN LIES BELFAST THE SECOND LARGEST CITY ON THE ISLAND OF IRELAND. BELFAST’S IS STEEPED IN HISTORY AS AN INDUSTRIAL CITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF TOBACCO, SHIPBUILDING AND LINEN. IT WAS ONCE THE PRE-EMINENT CITY ON THE ISLAND. IT IS ALSO WIDELY KNOWN FOR ‘THE TROUBLES’ – THE SECTARIAN CONFLICT THAT ERUPTED INTO A PARA-MILITARY WAR OVER 30 YEARS.
CLIFFS OF MOHER, THE BURREN AND WILD ATLANTIC WAY PRIVATE DAY TOUR
OUR CLIFFS OF MOHER, THE BURREN AND WILD ATLANTIC WAY PRIVATE DAY TOUR
WILL TAKE YOU OUT OF DUBLIN AND ACROSS THE LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES ON IRELAND’S BRAND NEW MOTORWAY SYSTEM AND INTO THE EDGE OF EUROPE. YOU WILL ARRIVE ON THE SMALL BACK ROADS OF THE WEST OF IRELAND AND INTO A TIMELESS WORLD. YOUR FIRST STOP WITLL BE THE BEAUTIFUL CLIFFS OF MOHER, 5 MILES OF RUGGED CLIFFS AND UNDULATING WALKS.
DUBLIN COASTAL, POWERSCOURT HOUSE & GLENDALOUGH PRIVATE DAY TOUR
OUR DUBLIN COASTAL & GLENDALOUGH DAY TOUR WILL TAKE YOU ALONG THE COASTAL REGION OF DUBLIN BAY TO THE EXCLUSIVE ENCLAVES OF DALKEY AND KILLINEY. YOU WILL VISIT THE FAMOUS FORTY FOOT SWIMMING BAY, TAKE IN COLIEMORE HARBOUR WITH VISTA’S ACROSS THE SOUND TO DALKEY ISLAND WITH ITS 7TH CENTURY EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
GIANTS CAUSEWAY, CARRICK-A-REDE ROPE BRIDGE AND BELFAST PRIVATE DAY TOUR
OUR GIANTS CAUSEWAY, CARRICK-A-REDE ROPE BRIDGE AND BELFAST
PRIVATE DAY TOUR LEAVES DUBLIN EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR A LONG DAY. IT IS A THREE HOUR DRIVE NORTH TO THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY AND THE STUNNING NORTH ANTRIM COASTLINE. YOU FIRST STOP IS AT THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE HEXAGONAL BASALT COLUMNS
THAT FORM THIS UNIQUE LANDSCAPE.
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