A typical first trip here runs about $1,025 to $1,400 per person for 7 days at a mid-range style, before flights. Get your own number from the Budget Calculator.
- Irish stew and colcannon (potato and cabbage) are national classics
- Full Irish breakfast, sausages, bacon, eggs, black pudding, soda bread
- Fresh seafood: Dublin Bay prawns, Atlantic salmon, oysters
- Guinness is an institution, it genuinely tastes better in Ireland
- St. Patrick's Day (March 17), celebrated nationwide with parades
- Fleadh Cheoil, world's largest traditional Irish music festival
- Galway International Arts Festival (July)
- Samhain (Halloween originated here), celebrated in Derry/Londonderry
English is the primary language. Irish (Gaelic) is co-official and used in the Gaeltacht regions.
Irish people are famously friendly, talkative, and welcoming, engage in conversation!
- The pub is the heart of Irish social life, embrace it
- Rounds system in pubs: take turns buying drinks for the group
- Don't rush, Irish time is relaxed; enjoy the craic (good times)
- Tipping: 10–15% in restaurants is appreciated
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