Lough Gur Visitor Centre, Limerick

Advantages: Endless opportunities for beautiful scenary, and a water-based holiday.
Disadvantages: The weather is not always what it could be, but where is? Also all traffic has to pass through the 'island', leading to unpleasant traffic delays

...Enniskillen is a genuine 'Island Town' - it is said that the name means 'Island of Kathleen'. The River Erne, which joins the Upper Lough (the amaller, and full of islands), and the Lower Lough (a much larger expanse of water), 'splits' to surround the town centre. As well as many of the major national chains, there are any locally operated establishments, and you can be sure of many bargains, especially as the proximity of the 'value of the punt' is a temptation for shoppers to cross the border into Eire. The are excellent hotels and restaurants and hotels, where you can 'stay', eat and drink, and umpteen pubs where you can drink, eat and often 'stay'. The people of Enniskillen are very friendly and welcoming, and visitors for all over Eupope come for the fishing - with so many lakes and rivers and the Atlantic Coast within... Read review

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Advantages: range of activities, it's fun
Disadvantages: it rains

...The Share Centre ---------------- Share Holiday Village 'Share exists to develop opportunities for the integration of able bodied and physically and mentally challenged people, of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.' (From website) - Location 'Travelling time from Belfast is 1 hr 30 minutes and from Dublin it is 2 hrs. The Share Holiday Village is to be found on the shores of Upper Lough Erne, four miles from the villages of Lisnaskea and Derrylin on the B127'. Further directions and maps can be found on the website. From Belfast, take the M2 country-bound and follow to the end. Continue on the road until you get to the Brookborough exit. Follow signs to Brookborough then to Lisnaskea. Once you arrive at Lisnaskea, it is very well sign-posted and easy to get to. I suggest travelling by day as it is easy to get lost... Read review

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Advantages: Something for everyone.
Disadvantages: Restaurant prices a bit high.

...where the men who worked at the potteries could live. The accommodation and surroundings was of much better quality than was being offered elsewhere. Wedgwood's pottery began to surpass the rest and started to be ordered for many royal households. The business bloomed and Wedgewood began experimenting with various materials. Results such as the famous 'Jasper Ware' are still hugely popular today. Josiah died in 1792. This did not mean the end of his business though. The company continued to create masterpieces from it's Etruria site until moving to Barlaston, its' current day site, in the late 1930's. This is a 200 acre estate and the Wedgewood centre, which opened in 1975, lies in the heart of it. It was refurbished in 1985, putting many of the objects into context in the style of a 'living museum'. This enables the visitor to take... Read review

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