Ireland Backpackers' Guide
Ireland Facts
Population: 4,148,000
Currency: euro (EUR)
Religions: Roman Catholic 88.4%, Church of Ireland 3%, other Christian 1.6%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2%, none 3.5% (2002 census)
Government: parliamentary democracy
Languages: English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (official) (Gaelic or Gaeilge) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard
Climate: temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time
Phone Code: 353
Photos of Ireland
Photos of Ireland that we found just lying about the web so we decided to pilfer from Observations of an Unimportant Man.
Festivals in Ireland
Festivals in Ireland courtesy of 2camels Festivals.
Irish Road Bowling article
Christmas article
Dublin Theatre Festival snippet
Clarenbridge Oyster Festival snippet
Irish Road Bowling photos
Dublin Irish Festival photos
Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival video
St. Patricks Day Parade video
Dublin International Film Festival web site
Dublin Book Festival web siteCheck out more festivals in Ireland
Or take a look at festivals in these cities in Ireland:
Ireland Hostels and Budget Hotels
Ireland Hotels
An Aussie in London features hotels in a number of locations across Ireland.
Ireland Flights
An Aussie in London has scoured the web for airlines that fly to Ireland. We feature only hand picked links (like the one above to Aer Lingus) through to airline sites that feature flights to Ireland.
European Train Travel
An Aussie in London has teamed up with Rail Europe to provide our readers with fabulous fares on all European rail passes - EuRail, BritRail, ScanRail, France, German, Swiss and Eastern Europe rail passes and more - as well as individual train tickets spanning Europe from Norway to Greece.
Ireland Car Hire
- Holiday Autos, the world's leading leisure car rental company providing low cost car rental in over 4,000 locations worldwide through quality providers. Prices start from just £8 per day and they monitor competitor prices daily to ensure lowest prices in all European "low cost" flight destinations and the USA.
Further Ireland Resources
Galway City Pub Guide
Photos of Ireland
Ireland.ieCheck out more Ireland web sites












