- 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 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…
- March 18, 2013The longest dynastic rule in Ireland began in the 5th century AD , when a tribe called Connachta occupied Tara…
- March 17, 2013In the extreme South of Leinster , on the Hook Peninsula , the Norman family of Redmond built a great…
- March 15, 2013The picturesque fishing village of Kilmore is situated on the Southern coast of Wexford and is a must see on…
- March 13, 2013This long mountain range which forms the border between two countries is known from its appearance as na Staighri Dubha…