Tag: Dublin

  • January 26, 2015
    Kilkenny, County Kilkenny Before the Normans came in the 12th century, Kilkenny’s houses clung to the 6th century monastery of…
  • June 25, 2014
    This prosperous market town straddles a tree-lined stretch of the River Blackwater on the main Cork - Dublin road. But…
  • May 21, 2014
    A statue of Daniel O’Connell, ‘The Liberator’, stands at the Southern end of the street named after him, overlooking O’Connell…
  • May 20, 2014
    This spacious Georgian town, with a long,  straggling main street lined with neat houses and shops, marks the Westward limits…
  • April 28, 2014
    Overlooking the basin of the River Barrow and with fine views of the plain that stretches to Dublin are the…
  • April 7, 2014
    The dark, biscuit-coloured tower of Jerpoint Abbey, with its battlements, rears above a bend on the road South from Thomastown.…
  • February 19, 2014
    The most romantic ruin in Louth ,  Castle Roche is built on a pinnacle of rock , which commands spectacular…
  • January 8, 2014
    On the Southern slopes of the Hill of Tara is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Ireland. A…
  • January 7, 2014
    If you are on any tours of Ireland that take yout to Dublin then this is what Ireland Luxury Tours…
  • January 6, 2014
    In 1756 Arthur Guinness established a brewery in Leixlip , County Kildare , which he moved to Dublin in 1759.…