Author: podium

  • May 25, 2014
    "We just came back from a 2week Ireland vacation planned and executed flawlessly by Ireland Luxury Tours. It was my…
  • May 21, 2014
    A statue of Daniel O’Connell, ‘The Liberator’, stands at the Southern end of the street named after him, overlooking O’Connell…
  • May 20, 2014
    This spacious Georgian town, with a long,  straggling main street lined with neat houses and shops, marks the Westward limits…
  • May 15, 2014
    Looking out over trim lawns, this Tudor-Gothic building with its red-brick façade, stone facings and stone-mullioned windows is all that…
  • May 14, 2014
    A popular holiday resort, Valencia Island is reached by a modern bridge that spans the 120 yard wide channel from…
  • May 12, 2014
    Between the raw slopes of Benbeg (1788ft), in Joyce Country to the South, and the flank of the Partry Mountains…
  • May 7, 2014
    The Augustinian priory of Kells – in full, Kells-in-Ossory (or Ceanannas Osraighe), to distinguish it from its more famous namesake…
  • May 6, 2014
    The charming village stands high above a neat little harbour, from which fishermen have gone out for centuries to the…
  • April 30, 2014
    The three graceful Gothic spires of Cork’s imposing and highly ornamented Church of Ireland cathedral are visible from all over…
  • April 28, 2014
    Overlooking the basin of the River Barrow and with fine views of the plain that stretches to Dublin are the…