- July 17, 2016Ardglass is a fishing village and small resort to the southeast of Downpatrick. It occupies the site of a Viking…
- July 13, 2016The pretty fishing village of Portsoy has an atmospheric 17th century harbour and maze of narrow streets lined with picturesque…
- July 10, 2016Killadysert takes its name from a hermitage of St Murthaile’s. there are remains of a medieval parish church with dwelling-tower.…
- July 6, 2016North of Duns, the low-lying Lammermuir Hills, with their extensive grouse moors, rolling farmland and wooded valleys, run east to…
- July 3, 2016There are the remains of the third largest 13th century castle in Ireland: a quadrangular court with cylindrical angle-towers, a…
- June 29, 2016Here took place the last encounter of the daring French invasion of 1798. General Humbert, having marched the 160 miles…
- June 6, 2016Dundrum is a village and small port on Dundrum Bay. On a hill-top are the beautifully maintained remains of a…
- June 1, 2016Balla is a village on the Castlebar-Claremorris road. A broken round tower and a medieval alter in a shamefully neglected…
- May 19, 2016Leaving the Causeway, turn inland to Bushmills, noted for the “Old Bushmills” Whiskey Distillery. This had a license to distil…
- May 10, 2016Killaloe is a river-side town beautifully situated at the southern end of Lough Derg and surrounded by the Arra Mountains,…