- 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.…
- April 3, 2014A single small tower is all that remains of the castle where, during the late 16th century, the poet Edmund…
- April 1, 2014Once a freebooters’ stronghold, on a tongue of land that projects into Sheep Haven, Doe Castle dates from the early…
- March 31, 2014Standing like a giant mushroom on three uprights is a 5000 year old tomb with a huge capstone, known as…
- March 26, 2014Now a thriving market town this was once the formidable power base of the Earls of Desmond. Their Kerry headquarters,…
- March 24, 2014Little is left of this once great Abbey, founded in 553 by St Columba, or Colmcille. The Venerable Bede called…
- March 20, 2014To the North of this little farmland village stand the imposing Gothic ruins of Lislaughtin Friary, built in 1478 by…
- March 19, 2014At the top of a winding inlet is the lively market town, laid out 1614 by the 1st Earl of…