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BORD FÁILTE (The Irish Tourist Board), Head Office,
Baggot Street Bridge,
Dublin 2,
Ireland.
+353 (1) 676 5871 or +353 (1) 661 6500
In the States
1-800 223 6470
also
+1 (212) 418 0800
+1 (416) 929 2777
On the web: www.ireland.travel.ie
In Northern Ireland:
59 North Street, Belfast BT1 1NB
Tel: (011232) 246609 - Minicom (011232) 233228
Fax: (011232) 240960
US Office:
551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 701
New York, NY 10176
Tel: (212) 922-0101 or (800) 326-0036
Fax: (212) 922-0099
Canadian Office:
111 Avenue Road, Suite 450
Toronto, Ontario M5R 3J8
Tel: (416) 925-6368
Fax: (416) 961-2175
On the web:
www.discovernorthernireland.com
IRISH YOUTH HOSTEL ASSOCIATION,
An Oige, Head Office, 61 Mountjoy Street,
Dublin 7, Ireland.
Membership required. 43 Hostels in Republic.
Tel +353 (1) 830 4555.
Fax +353 (1) 830 5808.
Telex 32988 IYHA EI
HINI 22 Donegall Rd. Belfast BT12 5JN. Tel: +44 2890 315435 Fax: +44 2890 439699 E-mail: info@hini.org.uk
Be aware that the hostels affiliated to these two
official organisations usually have a curfew around 11pm!
IRISH BUDGET HOSTELS LTD.
Kinlay House, 2-12 Lord Edward Street, Dublin 2. Ireland.
Tel +353 (1) 269 7696.
Fax +353 (1) 269 7704
No membership required. 26 hostels in Republic.
INDEPENDENT HOLIDAY HOSTELS OF IRELAND
57 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin, 1. Ireland.
Tel +353 (1) 836 4700
No membership required.
INDEPENDENT HOSTEL OWNERS INFORMATION OFFICE
Dooley Hostel, Glencolumcille, Co. Donegal
Tel +353 (73) 30130
No membership required.
Gulliver is a reservations database for Ireland run by the Tourist Board. It covers hotels, guest houses, car hire etc. All Bord Failte international offices are connected to Gulliver. Call on 1-800-600-800 in Ireland or +353 (1) 284 1765 outside Ireland to make a reservation using a credit card number to guarantee arrival.
Music festivals are covered by Ceolas .
Bord Fáilte publish a booklet called "Calendar of Events" with hundreds of festivals around the country. You should be able to get a copy from your nearest Irish Tourist Board office.
IrishNet
http://www.ceolas.org/IrishNet/
Northern Ireland Internet Directory
http://www.niweb.com/niid/
Telecom Internet's Doras directory
http://doras.tinet.ie/
Swift Guide to Ireland
http://swift.kerna.com/
Tourism Information:
http://www.iol.ie/~discover/
http://www.aerlingus.ie/
http://www.fjiordlands.org/strngfrd/
http://www.hostel.ie/
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Ireland/
http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/United_Kingdom/Northern_Ireland/
http://www.yahoo.ie/
CELT - Corpus of Electronic Texts.
A collection of Irish literary and historical texts in Irish, English and French
from the earliest recorded Irish literature to the present.
www.ucc.ie/celt
Book shops with a Web presence:
http://www.hannas.ie/
http://www.hodgesfiggis.com
http://www.kennys.ie/
http://www.litriocht.com
http://www.readireland.ie/
http://www.iol.ie/~readout/gael.html
A list of Irish newspapers and other news media with a presence
on the web is available at http://www.oocities.org/welisc/ifaq/news.html
The soc.culture.celtic FAQ should remind you that Ireland is only one country
with Celtic roots. The current version is at:
http://www.scot.demon.co.uk/celtfaq.html
(The old version is still available at
http://metalab.unc.edu/gaelic/sccfaq.html)