This spacious Georgian town , with a long , straggling main street lined with neat houses and shops , marks the Westward limits of the Pale , the region centred on Dublin that was under direct English rule , and which gave us the expression...
This is a place you may not come across when planning your Ireland tours...
Durrow is in County Offaly and a hidden gem on any Ireland tours. It was founded as a Monastery by St Colum Cille , most likely between 585 and 589 ! In his time it was administrated as part of the family of Iona and headed by...
An interesting option for any Ireland tours. The Birr Telescope is situated in Birr , County Offaly. It was the largest telescope in the world during the nineteenth century. It was also known as the "Levathian of Pasrsonstown". It was built by William Parsons , the Third Earl of...
"In a quiet water'd land stands Saint Kieran's city fair" are the poetic words used by the Offaly poet T W Rolleston (1857-1920) to describe Clonmacnoise, the monastic jewel in Offaly. One of the country's most important centers of craftmanship and learning in the medieval period,...