We have decided to do a live blog on one of our Ireland tours as it happens...
The attractive village green running down the middle of the main street of Summerhill once formed a gracious approach to a Georgian mansion and a castle. The estate was originally owned by the Lynch family , who built the castle around 1600. Forty years later...
There were many small breweries in 18th century Ireland. One such was established in Leixlip , County Kildare , by Arthur Guinness in the year 1756. Guinness was the son of a land-agent , and he proved an able businessman , being owner of a successful flourmill...
Padraic Pearse is the most celebrated of all Irish patriots. As well as a revolutionary leader , he was an accomplished author and educational philosopher. Born in Dublin in 1879 to an English father and an Irish mother , he joined the Gaelic League at...
Dublin Castle was built in the beginning of the 13th century , this castle was for seven hundred years the centre of English control in Ireland. It has been the headquarters of viceroys and Lord Lieutenants , and has often been the venue for State...
We have decided to do a live blog on one of our Ireland tours as it happens...
We have decided to do a live blog on one of our Ireland tours as it happens...
Referred to in the patriotic ballad as ‘the Blackbird of sweet Avondale’ , Charles Stewart Parnell (1846- 1891) was one of the most brilliant and romantic figures in Irish political history. His residence was Avondale House , just South of the village of Rathdrum and...
The horse was the most vulnerable animal in traditional Ireland , and accordingly many folk beliefs and superstitions centred on it. As well as sickness and injury , other dangers threatened the horse , for it was thought that an envious neighbour could harm it...
The Irish people have always had a special devotion to the Virgin Mary. Many songs told of her desolation and unbearable sorrow as she saw her son Jesus put to death , and she has always been regarded as a special sympathiser in times of...