Tours for the Thinking Traveller
Private Day Tours From Dublin to Ireland’s Ancient East
Dublin is an ideal location to explore Ireland’s Ancient East with numerous sites within easy traveling distance of the city. We have devised a number of day tour itineraries in different directions that will bring you to some of the best of them.









Private Guided Tours of Dublin’s Highlights
Dublin city has numerous sites of interest and experiences that are well exploring. With that in mind we have devised both walking tours of the historic core (Dublin is a compact city best explored on foot) and chauffeur driven tours of the city and environs.

Private Guided Ancestry Tours
We will work with you to produce expert Genealogical Research for your Irish family and devise an itinerary for your holiday that will bring you walking in footsteps of your ancestry. Tours are very personal and focus on understanding the meaning of being Irish as well as exploring your own family history.


Private Guided Tours of Irish Gardens
“Gardens where a souls at ease”
Ireland has some of the richest garden heritage in the world with a lot of it in an easy day trip distance of Dublin. We have put together three beautiful day trips from Dublin for you to sample them.
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What our customers say
- PVP001
Our party of four booked a full day tour of Powerscourt and Glendalough, including a drive through Sally Gap and terrific lunch at a beautiful Irish pub. John is a... read more fountain of knowledge on a vast variety of subjects, ranging from horticulture to genealogy and of course the history of Ireland. Highly recommend John for both is intellect and driving skills around the Irish countryside.
July 28, 2022 - Tourist87226
A group of us with an interest in Gardens took a private tour with John to visit Kilruddery and Powerscourt Gardens. With John's expert knowledge of both history and horticulture... read more the experience was excellent, he made each part of the day and every element of the gardens interesting and a great learning experience.
May 15, 2022 - GeorgiaK27
We had a fabulous day with John driving south from Dublin through beautiful coastal villages to Powerscourt and then up into the Wicklow mountains with the final stop in Glendalough.... read more He is a wealth of knowledge and we learned about Irish history, politics, society and flora and fauna. We would love to travel more with him when we are back in Ireland which we hope will be soon!
April 21, 2022 - 607leannd
The McAllister Family is so grateful to have been connected with John via Approved Tourist Guides Ireland (ATGI)! John transported us from Dublin to Kerry with stops including the Rock... read more of Cashel and a recommended nearby lovely lunch spot. John's depth of knowledge and love of country shined through and made our Irish-American family feel connected to The Land of Saints and Scholars. Highly recommend!
November 10, 2021 - nkreikemeier
Great day with John Ducie. I’d describe him as passionate and knowledgeable, what else could you want in a tour guide!
Very well spoken, and easy to understand (hard... read more for my mother sometimes depending on accents), we very much enjoyed jump starting our knowledge of Dublin shortly after arriving so we can effectively get a handle on the city early on.
Would recommend John to anyone for anything, but that Dublin tour seemed like home for him.
September 5, 2021 - mark d
My wife and I just finished an 8 day tour of Ireland with John. We saw Ireland from coast to coast with so much in between! Be it... read more the City of Dublin, Galway, The Cliffs of Moher, The Dingle Peninsula or the many quaint towns and villages along the way we saw it all and more. We had never been to Ireland and had no clue as to where to go, what to see or where to stay. With John's help and guidance we had a wonderful flawless experience. John's fantastic knowedlge of Irish history is a real gift that we greatly appreciated.
My wife and I highly recommend John Ducie as your tour guide for Ireland!!
September 26, 2019 - Trip643730
John researched two of our ancestors who left Ireland in the 1750's. There are not many records from that era unless your ancestor was rich or a criminal. ... read more John tracked the family name and connected it to the area where the family name was or could now be found. We visited multiple sites and John explained what was happening before and after our ancestors left. We were unable to make direct connections with ancestors but we have an appreciation of where they lived, what life was like for them, what caused them to leave and who was in control of the region. We highly recommend John as a tour guide.
August 16, 2019
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Dublin is an ideal location to explore Ireland’s Ancient East with numerous sites within easy traveling distance of the city. We have devised a number of day tour itineraries in different directions that will bring you to some of the best of them.
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