- April 25, 2014The most complete example of early Christian architecture to be found anywhere in Ireland is Gallarus Oratory, on a signposted…
- April 22, 2014On this Island in Lough Ree, six churches make up the extensive remains of a monastery founded in the early…
- April 17, 2014In the middle of Lough Derg is a solitary, uninhabited, 49 acre island whose atmosphere takes visitors back to the…
- April 15, 2014The stubby, crenelated tower of the 13th century St Lazerian Protestant Cathedral stands at Old Leighlin. And nearby is the…
- April 11, 2014The impressive fortifications that crown Dunree Head are a reminder of the strategic importance of Lough Swilly. In 1800, when…
- April 9, 2014This was the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Dal Riada, and is thought to have been one of the…
- April 8, 2014Westport was laid out as an adjunct to the Marquess of Sligo’s Westport House in the late 18th century, and…
- April 7, 2014The dark, biscuit-coloured tower of Jerpoint Abbey, with its battlements, rears above a bend on the road South from Thomastown.…
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- April 3, 2014A single small tower is all that remains of the castle where, during the late 16th century, the poet Edmund…