- September 30, 2014Five irregularly spaced drum towers linked by massive walls are all that remain of the castle that King John built…
- September 24, 2014The narrow, one-way streets of Clare’s busy county town still have a medieval feel to them. Ennis grew up around…
- September 24, 2014Gatehouse of Fleet is an attractive little town stretched along a sloping main street, in the middle of which sits…
- September 18, 2014What is left of Dromana House is dramatically sited on a rocky escarpment overlooking the Blackwater estuary. It was built…
- September 17, 2014The magnificent, red-sandstone ruins of Arbroath Abbey, founded in 1178 by King William the Lion, dominate the town centre. It…
- September 17, 2014At the meeting of Glenshesk and Glentaistie lies the 15th century friary, burial place of the MacDonnells. It is reached…
- September 15, 2014Photogenically sited at the entrance to Loch Duich, near Dornie village, Eilean Donan Castle is one of Scotland’s most evocative…
- September 15, 2014Solid and settled, Kildare is secure in the affluence it has won by horse-breeding and racing. The town’s Irish name,…
- September 10, 2014The spectacular nave, dominated by Romanesque and early Gothic vaults and columns, contains the elaborate, white marble tombs of the…
- September 10, 2014Ireland abounds with fortified tower houses, and Glenquin Castle is one of the best. Rising 70ft and seven storeys high,…