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For many centuries , as everyone knows , English monarchs tried to impose their will on Ireland. Queen Elizabeth 1 , eager to extend the influence of her government , sent a deputy to Cormac MacDermot MacCarthy, who was Lord of Blarney , and demanded that...

13 May, 2010 /

The Blasket Islands are a group of islands off the Dingle Peninsula. Uninhabited since 1953 , the Blaskets were a mecca for linguists and anthropologists during the early years of the Gaelic , or Irish Language Revival (1905-1930). A large corpus of Gaelic autobiographies emerged from the...

12 May, 2010 /

Tall stone crosses with decorative carving. High crosses are Ireland's greatest contribution to European sculpture of the first millennium. These crosses were erected at monasteries to edify and teach both monks and laity through biblical representations carved on many of them. High kings helped commission...

11 May, 2010 /

Clonfert Church of Ireland Cathedral in East Galway is the burial place of the great Kerry sailor , Saint Brendan , who died in 577. Parts of the West gable , with projecting antea at the corners , are among the lodest surviving parts of the...

11 May, 2010 /