- April 4, 2013The attractive village green running down the middle of the main street of Summerhill once formed a gracious approach to…
- April 3, 2013There were many small breweries in 18th century Ireland. One such was established in Leixlip , County Kildare , by…
- March 28, 2013Padraic Pearse is the most celebrated of all Irish patriots. As well as a revolutionary leader , he was an…
- March 27, 2013Dublin Castle was built in the beginning of the 13th century , this castle was for seven hundred years the…
- March 26, 2013We have decided to do a live blog on one of our Ireland tours as it happens....it might be an…
- March 26, 2013We have decided to do a live blog on one of our Ireland tours as it happens....it might be an…
- March 26, 2013We have decided to do a live blog on one of our Ireland tours as it happens....it might be an…
- March 25, 2013Referred to in the patriotic ballad as ‘the Blackbird of sweet Avondale’ , Charles Stewart Parnell (1846- 1891) was one…
- March 24, 2013The horse was the most vulnerable animal in traditional Ireland , and accordingly many folk beliefs and superstitions centred on…
- March 23, 2013The Irish people have always had a special devotion to the Virgin Mary. Many songs told of her desolation and…