- March 26, 2017A few minutes’ walk west of the village, is an irregular battlemented structure dating from 1564, but much restored by…
- February 15, 2017Beautifully situated on the River Lee, Cork City is after Dublin and Belfast, the 3rd city of Ireland with long…
- March 23, 2016O’Connell Bridge, named after the founder of Irish nationalism, Dan O’Connell, the Liberator (who’s statue by Foley, appears on the…
- January 13, 2016The Custom House, erected between the years 1781 and 1791, at a cost of £546,000, is the finest public building…
- December 14, 2015The Easter Rising of 1916 was a curious event, tiny in comparison with the rebellion of 1798, for instance, with…
- November 22, 2015County Wicklow, with its moorland wastes and bare granite hills has a wealth of lovely valley, wooded glen, and smoking…
- July 30, 2015If you’re looking for gold at the end of the rainbow, look no further than the Republic of Ireland. Whether…
- June 2, 2015The granite ridge that forms the lovely Wicklow and Blackstairs Mountains across the south-east corner of Ireland has given this…
- May 28, 2015The 3 mile wide lake, which is nearly circular, is the star attraction of the Lough Key Forest Park. Writers…
- May 22, 2015The county capital, Carlow was once an outpost that had to provide its own defence as it was isolated from…