Tour guide: Ring is king but capital is punishing

DUBLIN is one of the least popular places - and among the most favoured - in Ireland for tourists to visit according to a survey of more than 1,100 visitors from the US, Canada, Britain and Europe.

Tour guide: Ring is king but capital is punishing
Fri, 06 Jan, 2006 - 00:00
Donal Hickey

Online company, DoChara.com also found that tourists found narrow, twisting roads and drunken people on streets at night particularly off-putting.

Also among the least popular Irish tourist destinations were Galway city, Killarney and Cork city.

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