Links to Irish Websites

Passports

U.S. Department of State at http://travel.state.gov/passport
Others should check with their passpost office

Visas

Check www.irishabroad.com for Ireland Visa requirements

Currency Rate

Exchange rate to Euro,  http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/
Exchange locations, try www.local.com/ then Local Search (at top)

Delta Airlines - U.S. to Dublin or Shannon

www.delta.com

Aer Lingus  - U.S. to Dublin or Shannon

www.aerlingus.com

Ryan Air - London to Dublin or Shannon

www.ryanair.com/en

To Knock - From Dublin, Shannon or London

Try www.RyanAir.com or
www.AerArann.com

Rental cars

Available at these airports

Driving Directions:
Dublin to Ballaghaderreen - 118.6 miles
Shannon to Ballaghaderreen - 99.9 miles
Travel time is about 2 hours 20 minutes from either airport

Click for
Printable route Dublin to
Ballaghaderreen

Printable route Shannon to
Ballaghaderreen

Bus Eireann  -  Main terminal Busaras in Dublin to Ballaghaderreen

http://www.buseireann.ie/site/home/

Durkin's, The Square, Ballaghaderreen

www.Durkins.org

Spellman's

Call 011-353-9498-60180

Abbey Field Hotel

www.abbeyfieldhotel.ie

Other accommodations in Ballaghaderreen and nearby towns

www.ballaghaderreen.com then click "Business Directory" &
"Accommodations."

Information on Irish clans

www.clansofireland.ie/

Historical information, pictures and places to visit in Ballaghaderreen area.

www.ballaghaderreen.com/ 
www.ballaghaderreen.ws.

Marian Shrine, Knock, Co. Mayo. A place of pilgrimage since 1879

www.knock-shrine.ie

Famine museum in Strokestown (under construction)

www.strokestownpark.ie.

Clonalis House near Castlerea is the ancestral home of the O'Conors of Connacht, descendants of Ireland's last High Kings and traditional Kings of Connacht

www.europetraditions.com/ireland/int/011.html

Ceide Fields is a Stone Age landscape of stone walled fields, houses and megalithic tombs over 5,000 years old, preserved beneath the growing blanket bog over thousands of acres in North Mayo

www.heritageireland.ie/en/West/CeideFields/

Irish kern - 16th century soldier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kern_(soldier)

Irish kern's 16th century clothes --
The Kilcommon Costume

www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish

chief justiciar - the normal title of the governor of Ireland from the late 12th to the mid-14th centuries. The Oxford Companion to Irish History. Oxford University Press. 2007. Encyclopedia.com

www.encycloperia.com/10245-justiciar