A Family of brewers. In 1756 Arthur Guinness (1725-1803) established a brewery in Leixlip, County Kildare, which he moved to Dublin in 1759. The business grew under his son Arthur (1767-1855) and grandson Benjamin (1798-1868), who developed export markets in the United States and Europe. Sir Benjamin's sons,...
Inland county in the province of Leinster. Stretching over 800 square miles, Kilkenny is a medium sized county, with a population of over 80,000 people. Geographically, the county is varied: the elevated Castlecomer plateau to the north, the Slieveardagh hills in the west and the hills in...
The longest river in Ireland or Britain. The Shannon rises in the "Shannon Pot" in County Cavan ...
We recently took some clients on a quick tour around Belfast. A trip up to Belfast Castle to enjoy the spectacular views over the city and the beautiful gardens. Followed by a visit to the Titanic Dry Dock , Drawing Office , and harbour area. We enjoyed...
The capital of Northern Ireland. The name derives from the Irish, Beal Feirsde, meaning "mouth of the river". In the nineteenth century, Belfast was Ireland's main industrial city and, since 1921, capital of Northern Ireland. Although a settlement had existed since the seventh century, the town was...
Tours of Ireland do not always have a visit to the Rock of Cashel. This is a rock rising above County Tipperary's Golden Vale and bearing one of the most imposing collections of ecclesiastical monuments in Ireland. Originally a fortress, and allegedly where St. Patrick baptized a...
Worth seeing on any Ireland tours. County Leitrim is a maritime county in the province of Connacht, with an area of 613 square miles, it has the smallest population (25,815 @ 2002 census). Historically, the reason for so few inhabitants was that the county's poorly drained...
A series of spectacular polygonal column's composed of basalt found on the north coast of County Antrim. Geologists believe that they were formed when an ancient lava flow cooled and solidified approximatley sixty million years ago during the early Tertiary period. Its name stems from a local...
These are Megalithic tombs of around the forth and third millennium B.C. Often located on a hilltop, the graves have a covered passage leading to a tomb at the centre of a mound. Those in the Boyne Valley...
One of the three great collections of Old Irish poems , tales , histories , and genealogies of kings and saints. Housed in the Library of Trinity College , Dublin , the "Book of Leinster" was compiled or transcribed by a bishop of Kildare at the...