Ireland · AUDIO TOURS
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 5 audio tours worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Walk through Cork City Gaol on a self-guided visit with an audio guide. See its Georgian and neo-Gothic exterior, cold cell corridors, furnished rooms, lifelike figures, and perimeter grounds while hearing stories of inmates, wardens, governors, and Countess Constance Markievicz.
“Very good experience ! Historical place with a dark past Thank you !”
Use your phone to explore St. Mary’s Medieval Mile Museum in Kilkenny, including its graveyard, crypts, carved stones, high crosses, and hidden wall paintings. The English audio tour runs about an hour, with a child-friendly option and helpful museum staff on hand.
“Very interesting place and the graveyard stories were to die for !!! Lots of crypts history and beautiful history restoration”
At the Maria Edgeworth Centre, use an English audio guide to explore the novelist’s life, Edgeworth family education reforms, an 1840 schoolroom, and local links to Goldsmith, Scott, Wordsworth, and Wilde. Allow 1 to 1.5 hours, with admission included.
“Just passing after coffee and recognising her name, this is a superbly put together enterprise. It will bring some old memories back to the older folks around our education. The Edgeworth family have a lot to boast about. Excellent ephemera and items of interest. Sorry we had no cash but method of payment might be set up for quieter days?”
Use the VoiceMap app to walk Galway’s center at your own pace, from Eyre Square past Lynch’s Castle, St Nicholas’ Church, the King’s Head, the Claddagh Ring Museum, and the Latin Quarter to Spanish Arch. The English audio, maps, and directions work offline.
“The tour was incredibly easy to download and follow and gave great information about each spot without being too dense. It was great! Will be doing more audio tours in the future :)”
Let author Turtle Bunbury guide you on foot from St Stephen’s Green through Merrion Square to Trinity College. Hear stories about Wolfe Tone, Oscar Wilde, Vikings, Normans, and Irishmen in Mexico, using offline audio and maps for about 60 to 75 minutes.
“This audio tour was a nice way to see this little section of Dublin. Very helpful, easy to use! Highly recommend.”
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