Green Door Tours

24/04/2025

Daughter Suzie has this foraging bought as a 🎂 present from her Mama. Should be a wholesome few hours with Mary

Reminder! Foraging with Mary Bulfin – Sunday, 11 May! 🌿

Join expert forager Mary Bulfin for an immersive foraging experience on Sunday, 11 May, where you'll reconnect with nature and uncover the hidden treasures of the wild. Learn how to identify and use wild plants responsibly, guided by Mary’s deep knowledge and passion for sustainable foraging.

After the session, enjoy:
🍲 Homemade soup & brown bread
🍵 Tea or coffee
🍰 A sweet traybake from the Courtyard Café
🌸 Plus, access to the stunning gardens!

📍 Please note: This event is not suitable for children.
👟 Wear comfortable footwear for walking through natural terrain.

It’s a rare opportunity to learn from one of Ireland’s top foraging experts in a beautiful setting. Don’t miss out—see you there! 🌱

20/04/2025

To our guests in the US. Look forward to meeting new folk this Summer. 🇮🇪☀️🐣

16/04/2025

Now that Spring is coming
As Gaeilge 🦋🌷

06/04/2025

Sharing this again.. Just in case 😁🚍🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

01/04/2025

Wood anenome, so pretty with bright green leaves of succulent wild garlic in the background.

01/04/2025

Great news 🇮🇪☺️

📢 BREAKING NEWS: Thurles Set to Become Ireland’s Newest Travel Hub! 📢

Big changes are coming to Tipperary! After years of speculation, plans have been finalised for the construction of Thurles International Airport, set to be Ireland’s newest and most strategically important air travel hub. ✈️🌍

🛫 First confirmed flights include:
✅ Thurles to New York
✅ Thurles to Paris
✅ Thurles to Tipp Town

Local representatives say this will bring thousands of jobs and make Thurles the “Shannon of the South,” while Ryanair has already promised €2 flights (plus €75 for seat selection, naturally).

The first flight is scheduled to depart on April 31st – book your tickets now! 🎟️✈️


17/03/2025

Interesting fact about the actual Shamrock plant

In case you hadn't heard, tomorrow is St Patrick's Day when we will all be wearing Shamrock... but what exactly is Shamrock and which of the plants that bear trifoliate leaves is the 'real' Shamrock. Well ... in order to try to resolve the question of which was the actual, authentic and valid species, the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin carried out a survey, not once but twice, in 1888 and 1983. All across Ireland, people were asked to send in plants of what they considered to be Shamrock. The plants were grown on and when the flowers emerged a couple of months later, a count was taken. The surveys were a century apart, but there were only very small differences between them. About half of the specimens turned out to be Lesser Trefoil with White Clover a close second. Down the list came Red Clover, Black Medick and even Wood-sorrel was considered by some of those who participated in the second survey. If any one of these species were to be unique to Ireland, there might have been a reason to think of it as our Shamrock. There is no clear winner, our ‘Seamair óg’, or young clover, will still be worn proudly on St Patrick’s Day, will still be ‘drowned’ - a euphemism for toasting our national saint - regardless of what species it is, and will continue to be our national emblem. (Excerpt from : 'Blooming Marvellous - A Wildflower Hunter's Year') Picture from left on top : Lesser Trefoil, Black Medick, White Clover and Red Clover. Below: Wood-sorrel.

17/03/2025

Our president ☘️

President Michael D. Higgins has released his 2025 St Patrick’s Day Message, his final St Patrick’s Day Message as he ends his term in office in November.

16/03/2025

Saint Patrick's arrival to bring Christianity to Ireland occurred approximately 600 years before the Normans arrived at the request of the Irish King of Leinster, Dermot MacMurrough. The first 30 Knights led by Robert Fitz Stephen arrived into Bannow Bay in Wexford in 1169 with 60 men wearing mail and 300 foot-archers from among the military elite of Wales.

07/03/2025

The arrival of Viking Tours Ireland onto the Shannon and included in our History and Castles Tour.

05/03/2025

Delighted to see this much needed job now coming to pass. I travelled through Kinvara regularly last Summer and used wonder what future this thatch had

03/03/2025

Love a 🥃

01/03/2025

March is Irish American Heritage Month! Do you have Irish roots? Or maybe you've made connections with Irish friends? Let us know in the comments! ☘️

For more resources on tracing your Irish Ancestry head to 👉 https://go.irlnd.co/4uqa95

24/02/2025