Author: podium

  • September 8, 2014
    Just West of Glasgow is the timeless Paisley Abbey – one of the finest in Southern Scotland. Overlooking the river…
  • September 8, 2014
    West of Ballylongford is the stronghold that was once the seat of the O’Connors of Kerry, originally built in 1490…
  • September 5, 2014
    The River Funshion flows through Glanworth where it is spanned by a low stone bridge dating from 1446, the oldest…
  • September 5, 2014
    Orkney captures the imagination and the eye, its balding turf reflective of constantly changing shades of light as clouds scurry…
  • August 28, 2014
    The Callanish Standing Stones, West of Stornoway, form one of the most complete stone circles in Britain and are one…
  • August 28, 2014
    In the 6th century St Comghan founded a monastery here, which became not only a place of prayer but also…
  • August 26, 2014
    The ruins of Dunnottar Castle are spread out across a grassy promontory rising 50m above the sea. As dramatic a…
  • August 26, 2014
    The Scottish Baronial pile that stands on the lower slopes of Cave Hill was begun in 1862 and completed in…
  • July 31, 2014
    The success of Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code and the subsequent Hollywood film has seen a flood of…
  • July 31, 2014
    Graiguenamanagh (pronounced Graig-na- manna) means ‘dwelling of the monks’. The monks in question were sensible enough to place their abbey…