A better class of place

THE lakes of Killarney, Galway Bay and the hills of Donegal are all well-known landmark destinations - but you can find peaceful locations where life ticks along slowly without a hint of honky tonk.

A better class of place

Big tourist buses aren't really the thing in Lismore, an elegant and quiet place. It has a much higher class of visitor; witness Charles and Camilla's visit last year.

Strikingly beautiful, it's not a typical Irish town because it has a fairytale castle in its midst which rather gives credence to the description of the Blackwater Valley as the Irish Rhine.

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