- December 14, 2018These extend from Tipperary across the Limerick border to merge with the Ballyhoura Hills. The highest point is 3018 feet.…
- December 12, 2018The Dingle Peninsula is remote, romantic, and beautiful. But driving around the Peninsula is not for the faint hearted with…
- December 9, 2018North of Cork city is the delightful town of Mallow. It was once a fashionable Spa town but now most…
- December 6, 2018All of Iona’s religious buildings were erected during the Reformation. Nearly all of the ancient Celtic crosses were destroyed then…
- December 3, 2018This is a very pleasant town in the midlands of Ireland. You are very likely to pass through on your…
- November 30, 2018Armagh became a centre of learning when Saint Patrick chose it as the site for his main church around AD…
- November 28, 2018Of the 49 islands which constitute Orkney (not ‘the Orkneys’, or the ‘the Orkney Islands’), Hoy is the 2nd largest,…
- November 26, 2018Much of County Cavan is boggy and forested. The county is also scattered with a hundred lakes. It is a…
- November 24, 2018To the Northwest of the city of Cork is Blarney Castle. This is a 15th century castle. It is…
- November 22, 2018Naas is the county town of Kildare. Its proximity to “the Curragh” and “Punchstown” (two famous horse racing courses) has…