My Ireland Tour

A Cork family business running its own tours

My Ireland Tour is a family-run tour company based in Cork, Ireland, that designs and sells its own escorted multi-day tours of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with some itineraries crossing into Scotland, England and Wales. The homepage is direct about its model: "We are not a reseller or an agent. We only sell our own tours", and it adds that the tours are not sold on any other website. Tours run with "an expert local driver-guide", last from 6 to 18 days according to the tours page, and are priced in euros, starting from €1,090. The company also builds private tours for groups of any size.

A welcome note signed by Eric O'Gorman, Founder & Director, says that "after 12 years" the business is still independent and family-run. The homepage names the people who answer the phone: Eric, Shannon, Shauni, Keith and Catriona. Its review claims are prominent: the site says it is "still Ireland's best-reviewed tour operator, with 96.3% five-star reviews", shows a rating of 4.9 "based on 3163 guest reviews", and states 3047 five-star reviews out of that total. It also says it is "trusted by 30,000+ travellers". These are the company's own figures.

Three collections of tours

The site groups its tours into three collections, with the price each card showed for 2027:

Iconic Scenes Collection, described as "the greatest hits of Ireland" with stays in "some of Ireland's best four-star hotels":

• 6-Day Iconic Scenes of Ireland, 11 attractions, rated 4.9, from €1,090.
• 8-Day Iconic Scenes of Ireland, 17 attractions, rated 4.9, from €1,990.
• 10-Day Iconic Scenes of Ireland, 22 attractions including the Wild Atlantic Way, rated 4.9, from €2,390.
• 14-Day Iconic Scenes of Ireland, 25 attractions, rated 5.0, from €3,090, which the card describes as 4 days in Ulster "and 10 more in Eire".

Discovery Tours Collection, journeys through the UK and Ireland: the 9-Day Discover Scotland & Ireland from €2,690, the 14-Day Discover Scotland and Ireland from €4,690, the 10-Day Discover Britain & Ireland from €2,590 (London and Stonehenge through Cardiff, then Waterford, Cork and Dublin), the 18-Day Discover Britain & Ireland from €5,190 covering Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England, and the Discover Northern Ireland Tour, a six-day "fully-inclusive tour of Ulster", from €1,190.

Luxury Tours Collection, with "the best four- and five-star hotels, castles and stately homes": the Deluxe Castle Tour, 10 days from €2,990, which promises stays "in real Irish castles and country manors", and two mini-group tours capped at 8 guests. The Ancient Ireland Tour runs 8 days along the Wild Atlantic Way with a night in an Irish castle, from €3,490, and the Ancient Ireland & Scotland Tour runs 13 days through "the Celtic heartlands", from €6,390.

Group sizes and how the tours run

Group size is the company's main selling point. The homepage headline reads "Never more than 26 guests per tour", and it says that while "many other companies squeeze in groups of up to 50", even its largest packages are limited to 26, leaving empty seats on the coaches. The reasons it gives are practical: guides have more time to get to know each guest, people can spread out on the coach, there is more time at each attraction to ask questions, and hotel check-in and check-out go faster than with a large group. Each tour card lists "Max. 26 ppl", except the two Ancient Ireland mini-group tours at "Max. 8 ppl". The tours page says the packages handle "all driving, attraction tickets, and logistics", and that everything "from our selected hotels to daily meals" is outlined upfront. Which meals each day includes is left to the individual tour page.

On children, the FAQ says "some of our tours are adults-only, while others welcome children aged 8-17 years", and the booking search has an "Adults only" filter and a separate field for children aged 8 to 17. Solo travelers are welcome, the FAQ says, but a single-occupancy room supplement applies. The day-by-day outlines on the tours page start most tours with an arrival at Dublin Airport, and some Scotland itineraries with an arrival at Edinburgh Airport, and most end back at Dublin Airport. The site does not say whether guides work in languages other than English.

Booking, payment and insurance

The booking flow has three steps on the tours page: choose a tour package, choose dates and prices, and hold seats. Seats can be held free for 5 days with no payment, one tour date at a time, and they release automatically if not confirmed. After that a deposit is required; the FAQ says the amount is shown when booking and "all deposit amounts are outlined in our terms and conditions". Payment can be made online or by phone during office hours of 0900 to 1700, Monday to Friday, GMT. The company accepts Visa, Mastercard and American Express, with card booking fees included in the tour price and payments handled via Stripe and Revolut.

Travel insurance is compulsory. The FAQ says every passenger must have it, that the company does not sell it, and that the policy should cover the total tour cost, including flight disruption or cancellation, personal injury and medical expenses. Groups of 8 or more traveling together get a discount on escorted group tours: the table on the tours page shows €100 off per person for 8 to 13 people, €150 for 14 to 19 and €200 for 20 to 26, and members can join the group and pay separately later. Private tours can be built for "any group size, from two guests to a party of 100 or more", including castle or working-farm stays on request. Contact runs through info@myirelandtour.com and a phone line listed for the US and Canada as 011 353 21 237 9006 and for Europe as 00 353 21 237 9006.

What the site leaves open, and who it suits

The tours page does not spell out the cancellation and refund rules; those, like the deposit amounts, sit in the terms and conditions. Private-tour pricing is by inquiry. The review figures are the company's own. Departure prices can also differ from the "from" figure: one October 2027 departure of the 10-day tour lists €2,490 per person against a card price of €2,390.

My Ireland Tour suits travelers who want a fully arranged guided trip around Ireland, or Ireland with Scotland and England, in a group capped well below a full coach, and who like dealing directly with a small team that sells nothing but its own tours. The free 5-day hold, the clear per-tour caps and the published age rules for children make the planning straightforward.