Darby O’Gill Day Tours

Darby O’Gill Day Tours

Darby O’Gill Day Tours
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Ireland’s top visitor attractions await as you travel in one of our comfortable state of the art luxury coaches, with free Wi-Fi. Discover Ireland’s natural wonders, historic landmarks, famous places and remarkable people through fascinating tales revealed by our live on board expert storytellers. Find out more about our family friendly tours to the Cliffs of Moher.
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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Victor
Canberra, Australia3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Family
A wonderful day out was had to the Cliffs of Moher with our remarkable driver Wes.
His knowledge and professionalism was outstanding.
I’m still amazed at his skill to maneuver a big bus down those narrow roads. (I definitely wouldn’t have enjoyed driving on them).
We visited the Cliffs, the town of Doolin, the amazing Atlantic coastline and Bunratty Castle.
Every stop was well timed and not rushed.
The weather was wonderful for that time of year and it really added to the enjoyment of the day.
Make sure you try this tour. You will not regret it.
Written 28 January 2020
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DONNA B
28 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Solo
This was a great tour! Our driver and tour guide Wes was phenomenal. Full of great information, tips, insights and jokes! He took us to a couple of places off the tour route that made it even more special. I can’t say enough and would do it again!
Written 22 January 2020
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Ersa S
Copenhagen, Denmark9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020
I took a day tour with Darby O'Gill some time ago and today i found the card in my bag. Despite the delay I thought is still worth it to write a review. It was one of the best bus day tours i have ever had. We started in Dublin and drove in the countryside. The nature was beautiful and totally worth seeing. The bus amenities were great. We had enough stops and still enough time to enjoy everything. Our driver, Eary (I hope this is right) was incredible. He entertained us during the entire day in a unique way. We both laughed a lot and learned things about our trip and Ireland in general. I really hope he still does the tours so that one day i can return and enjoy the trip once again.
Prices were also good comparing with Dublin prices!
Written 20 February 2021
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533susannas
Copenhagen, Denmark4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Friends
We took the trip Cliffs of Moher and enjoyed the trip. We were so fortunate to has Wes as our driver/guide. He was very informative, friendly and FUN. Hope next time we travel with Darby O'GILL we have Wes again. Keep up the good work WES🤗
Written 28 February 2020
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Annalisa Demarch
3 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2019 • Couples
Let's begin that I booked this tour online just because of the reviews on sites like tripadvisor. They canceled the tour last minute (on the 4th of February) and we found out just asking around on the street at 7AM to others tours' bus drivers, until one of the same agency told us that as fas as he knew it was canceled and he told us to go asking for our money back at the agency. He went there, following the instruction on google maps, and IT WAS NOT THE AGENCY. It was an abandoned house. So we called the agency like hundred times and nobody replied. We went to the police but they told us that it is a legitimized agency and showed us THE SAME ADDRESS of google maps but on a different spot! I trusted them and I just kindly asked for a refund via email. I already asked them THREE TIMES and they stopped replying. I am still waiting for my 90 EURO back......
DO NOT GO WITH THIS AGENCY!
Written 24 February 2019
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Dear Annalisa I appreciate that you took your time to write a review. You have been told by the Garda/Police that this business is an legitimized agency. Therefore, there seems to be a misunderstanding from your side. We have a refund policy that the customer must provide the proof of payment and booking. Once all that is provided, we process the refund right away.
Written 3 March 2019
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1SinfulDelight
Cornwall, Canada1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2018 • Friends
Do NOT attempt to pay for this tour! Myself, and my friends, after day 1 of having experienced the ride, chose to opt out of our 2 day package. It was a horrible experience! The driver drove so fast, it was hard to take in the sights. The sights we did see were not explained whatsoever, so we had no idea what we were seeing. Due to the fact that our driver was going so fast, when he stopped, it had a big impact on the people seated, which caused me to have a sore back that night, and into the next day!! Not what one needs when travelling. The driver was not helpful either when we enquired about what stop we needed to take to see a certain site and were left at sites that could have been closer. Overall, bad experience!! We were fortunate enough to have a wonderful driver, the next day, on CitySightseeingDublin, red bus, who made us almost forget the horrible experience from the day before. I highly recommend paying extra for that hop on hop off tour!!
Written 2 July 2018
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Hi 1SinfulDelight Love the profile name the mind boggles! 1 review to your name and such an insightful review glad you got the competitors name in on the review. Some people don't like the tour we operate thats generally the competitors we find the tourists love it.
Written 3 July 2018
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Steph B
Maine17 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2017 • Couples
We bought tickets from a kiosk in our hotel, not understanding that there's more than one 'hop on hop off' tour company. The driver of the bus we tried to get on corrected us to the right color bus. We stood quite awhile at the stop, then wandered about 50 yards away. When we saw the bus coming, we headed for the stop, but it barely slowed and then kept going. We came back after visiting the Epic museum and waited another long while, then learned the schedule cut off earlier starting 1 October. This information was not to be found on their website. Meanwhile, the green buses appeared ubiquitous. Buyer beware, they're not all the same and it's not easy to tell the difference at a kiosk. We lost our money, but got all the walking we could handle.
Written 1 October 2017
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Jessica B
Huntington Beach, CA2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2017 • Friends
I booked a two day trip to Ireland for the sole purpose of seeing the Cliffs of Moher. I put my full trust in Darby O'Gill to get me to see what I had paid so much money to come to Ireland for. I read that Darby O'Gill was a trustworthy website to use BUT DO NOT TRUST THESE REVIEWS. I paid the 60 Euros to book my spot for my friend and I on the Cliffs of Moher day tour and was waiting to be picked up at the last hotel stop at 8:00 AM. It was nearing 8:40 and we had already called twice and the operator said that the bus driver was merely running late. At 9:00 AM, we saw the Darby O'Gill bus drive right past us without stopping. We called and asked what happened and if they were coming back for us but they said sorry, we are overbooked and that they could not refund us. If they would have alerted us at least 24 hours before we could have made other arrangements but it was too late and we were unable to do what we came to Ireland specifically to do because of Darby O'Gill. I have emailed them three times now and called twice, but they have not responded and only answered the phone once to tell me they could not reimburse me. It was also a perfect day to see the Cliffs, sunny and clear, but we were not able to see them. Please do yourself a favor and NEVER trust this company.
Written 26 April 2017
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straea
United States257 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2018 • Solo
I had not realized a hop-on hop-off tour could be this bad. The staff at my hotel recommended this company and pre-sold me a ticket. It was my mistake not to check with them that it included a live guide; only when I boarded did I realize that the guide is prerecorded while at least one of its competitors has a live guide. But it's not just that; I unknowingly did a prerecorded one in Tasmania but even that had more information than this. The pretaped guide had little information and didn't even announce a single stop, leaving people to figure out on their own when to hit the stop button, and kept playing music to try to fool us into not realizing how little actual guiding the recording was doing. Partway through my loop a couple got on and sat behind me and started remarking on things we were passing that looked interesting; I realized the guide was not mentioning any of them so started telling these fellow visitors which museums we were passing that I'd visited on a previous trip that I thought were worth visiting. And because the guide was prerecorded and triggered by GPS, sometimes it would be talking about something we were supposedly passing and none of us could tell what they were supposed to be referencing. The driver kept running the bus against trees, leaving those of us on the top deck to duck out of the way.

As an historical researcher, I knew a fair amount about two of the things the guide discussed and both were wrong or misleading. The first was wildly inaccurate: When we were passing an area of Georgian buildings, the guide claimed that the Window Tax was about the amount of sunlight that came in through windows, that this was why servant windows were so small, and that this was the origin of the term "daylight robbery." Literally every bit of that is wrong: The Window Tax was on the number of windows a home had, and only applied to homes with eight or more windows; servants' windows were small because their employers were cheap and indifferent; and the origin of "daylight robbery" is robberies that took place during the day. The second thing was about Henry VIII "keeping the gold for himself" when he closed the monasteries. This one is of course more complicated, but the guide gave the erroneous impression that Henry VIII was solely enriching himself, when in reality his policy was enriching his country's coffers, in large part due to selling off confiscated real estate. (Thanks a lot to this company for making me feel like I have to defend Henry VIII. Sigh.)

These things that I knew were wrong or misleading made me doubt the rest of the historical information the guide provided.

When I was partway through the loop I saw that the other two companies had crowded buses though it was still morning, and it's no wonder why. Run, don't walk, away from this tour to its competition. I can't guarantee you'll have an excellent time, but I can guarantee that you won't do worse.
Written 5 August 2018
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Andrew M
Tauranga, New Zealand69 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
€10 ticket was part of another purchased experience. Waited over 40mins for bus to come by the stop, meanwhile 3 red and 1 do do dublin hop on buses drove past. The driver had no personality and no manners. The stops were not in keeping with that indicated on brochure map. No communication or recordings until we stopped in O'Connor St, almost a third of our trip at that point. Git off at St Stephens Green and picked up again later to finish the trip and get to our accommodation. Different driver but similar experience. Have used previously the red hop on hop off buses in multiple locations and never a service like this. Hop on hop off is always our go to first thing to do. Will be advising the business which includes this bus as part of the purchase price as it has the potential to drag down their profile.
Written 4 August 2018
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