- July 29, 2017The rivers have carved deep valleys through the Antrim Mountains to the sea. Celebrated in song and verse, the Glens…
- July 27, 2017The area around Dublin Castle was first settled in prehistoric times, and it was from here that the city grew.…
- July 25, 2017Lying on the banks of the Little Arrigle just south of Thomastown, Jerpoint Abbey ranks among the finest Cistercian ruins…
- July 23, 2017The ruins of Fore Abbey lie in glorious rolling countryside about 8km east of Tullynally Castle. St Fechin established a…
- July 21, 2017This complex of churches is linked to the cult of St Brendan the Navigator, who was born nearby in 484…
- July 19, 2017Clare Island, set in Clew Bay, is dominated by two hills, and a square 15th century castle commands the headland…
- July 7, 2017The turbulent Tory Sound separates this windswept island from the north-western corner of mainland Donegal. Given that rough weather can…
- July 5, 2017A popular holiday destination for Victorian middle-class families, the resort still emits a sedate, old-fashioned air. Its long, crescent-shaped seafront…
- July 3, 2017Founded in 1169 by the Benedictines, Holy Cross was supposedly endowed with a splinter from the True Cross, hence its…
- July 1, 2017Baltimore’s most bizarre claim to fame dates to 1631 when more than 100 citizens were carried off as slaves by…