其历史可以一直追溯到中石器时代, 爱尔兰有许多迷人的地标值得参观和学习. 亲吻巧言石, 一块石灰石,是中世纪布拉尼城堡的一部分, 看看它是否真的能给你口才. 回到卡舍尔之岩, 五世纪时明斯特国王的故居, 俯瞰蒂珀雷里郡的田园风光. 来见见住在凯勒莫城堡的本笃会修女吧, 这是一座19世纪的私人住宅,在第一次世界大战后被改建为修道院, 穿过他们的维多利亚式花园. 参观一下基尔梅纳姆监狱, the 都柏林 prison where the leaders of 爱尔兰’s 1916 Easter Rising were imprisoned and executed and where many other pro-independence Irish men and women were held during the war. Walk the five thousand year old burial grounds at 新grange, where Irish kings were laid to rest. 参观美丽的圣. Patrick’s Cathedral in 都柏林, where 18th century author Johnathan Swift once served as the Dean.
在一个以翠绿而闻名的国家, 未遭破坏的景观, don’t be surprised if you want to spend as much time outside as your class schedule allows. 参观位于爱尔兰连绵起伏的绿色山丘上的牧羊场. Go night kayaking on Lough Hyne in West 软木塞 and let the bioluminescent phytoplankton living in the lake guide you with their light. Get up close to Fungie the wild dolphin, who’s been greeting visitors in Dingle Bay for decades. 参观著名的莫赫悬崖, 在克莱尔郡,它陡然高出大西洋近400英尺. 如果你在都柏林的话, 你不必离开城市就能享受大自然:凤凰公园, 是欧洲各国首都最大的封闭式公园, 以野鹿放牧的田野为特色, 维多利亚时代的花园, 都柏林动物园. 为了更艰苦的冒险, the Wicklow Mountains invite you to hike through their gorgeous terrain into the Glendalough Valley. 在沃特福德绿道骑车, 一条连接沃特福德和邓加文的专用越野轨道, 欣赏克罗纳海滩的美景. 漫步基拉尼国家公园,沐浴在长满苔藓的绿色林地中, 在湖边观看五彩缤纷的日落, 参观穆克罗斯宅邸, 一座保存完好的19世纪庄园.
The Irish people have always prized the arts and their own big name contributors to music, 文学, 和电影. 你不必到欧洲大陆去看伟大的艺术. Spend a whole day browsing the art collections at the National Gallery of 爱尔兰 in 都柏林, 大约15,000件作品展出, 或者在都柏林的街道上寻找发人深省、值得画廊收藏的壁画, 软木塞, 高威, 和利默里克. 对于一个小国来说, 爱尔兰到处都是独立书店, 从古老和舒适到现代和极简主义. 都柏林, 被联合国教科文组织列为世界文学遗产, 能让你忙着去詹姆斯·乔伊斯博物馆吗, 文学酒吧之旅, 还有一个作家博物馆,专门收藏一系列文学纪念品. 这个国家诞生了布拉姆·斯托克, author of Dracula; Oscar Wilde, 19世纪臭名昭著的小说家, 诗人, and playwright; world-famous playwright Samuel Beckett; and the great 诗人s William Butler Yeats and Seamus Heaney unashamedly loves a good story and will give you plenty of your own to tell.