Author: podium

  • July 10, 2015
    The 144th playing of The Open, golf’s oldest championship, will be played over the Old Course at St Andrews. One…
  • July 9, 2015
    Seagulls swirl around the trawlers entering the port of Killybegs, one of Ireland’s major fishing harbours. It is a rough…
  • July 8, 2015
    Culloden Battlefield The Battle of Culloden in 1746, the last pitched battle ever fought on British soil, saw the defeat…
  • July 1, 2015
    The ruins of Caerlaverock Castle, by Glencaple on a beautiful stretch of the Solway coast, are among the loveliest in…
  • June 29, 2015
    This tiny island, surrounded by a salt lake and cut off from the sea by a sand bar, has been…
  • June 23, 2015
    Skye’s most famous historic building is Dunvegan Castle, seat of the chief of Clan MacLeod. It has played host to…
  • June 22, 2015
    One a strongly fortified harbour town, Youghal (pronounced ‘yawl’) is now a popular seaside resort with wide sandy beaches. Its…
  • June 16, 2015
    Why not visit the West Cork Chamber Music Festival from 26 June - 04 July 2015 at St Brendan's Church…
  • June 9, 2015
    If you think Scotland has no decent beaches, wait till you see the west coast of South Harris. The blinding…
  • June 8, 2015
    County Clare is a peninsula on the grand scale, cut off on three of its four sides by Lough Derg,…