Author: podium

  • January 15, 2017
    Ayrshire synonymous with golf and with Robert Burns – and there’s plenty on offer here to satisfy both pursuits. Troon…
  • January 12, 2017
    Tipperary, made famous by the World War I marching song, and taking its name from the nearby source of the…
  • January 10, 2017
    Some of the regions finest attractions lie in the gentle hills and lush valleys of Dumfries and Galloway. Ideal for…
  • January 8, 2017
    Glencolumbkille (the glen of St. Columba), is said to have been a favourite retreat of the saint and his disciples.…
  • January 5, 2017
    The northern and eastern slopes of the Grampian Mountains are draped with a long broad, green mantle of fertile lowlands,…
  • January 2, 2017
    Roscommon is an old wool-town, deriving its name (Coman’s wood) from a monastery founded here by St. Coman in 746.…
  • December 28, 2016
    The earliest known human settlement of Ireland occurred in the Mesolithic 8000BC, when tribes from Europe crossed to Ireland by…
  • December 26, 2016
    West of Sligo, on the south side of the estuary, is the resort of Strandhill. On the shore to the…
  • December 21, 2016
    The picturesque village of Edzell, with its broad main street and grandiose monumental arch, dates from the early 19th century…
  • December 19, 2016
    Bective Abbey, on the left bank of the Boyne close to Bective Bridge is one of the more picturesque of…