- December 28, 2016The earliest known human settlement of Ireland occurred in the Mesolithic 8000BC, when tribes from Europe crossed to Ireland by…
- December 19, 2016Bective Abbey, on the left bank of the Boyne close to Bective Bridge is one of the more picturesque of…
- December 14, 2016Valetina Island – also known as Valencia – with its dramatic cliffs at Bray Head, is separated from the mainland…
- December 11, 2016Thurles is an ancient episcopal market town, where in 1174 Strongbow met his match at the hands of Donal O’Brien…
- July 17, 2016Ardglass is a fishing village and small resort to the southeast of Downpatrick. It occupies the site of a Viking…
- July 10, 2016Killadysert takes its name from a hermitage of St Murthaile’s. there are remains of a medieval parish church with dwelling-tower.…
- June 29, 2016Here took place the last encounter of the daring French invasion of 1798. General Humbert, having marched the 160 miles…
- June 6, 2016Dundrum is a village and small port on Dundrum Bay. On a hill-top are the beautifully maintained remains of a…
- May 10, 2016Killaloe is a river-side town beautifully situated at the southern end of Lough Derg and surrounded by the Arra Mountains,…
- March 21, 2016Glendalough (“glen of the two lakes”), an early monastic settlement in a cup of the Wicklow Mountains is impressively lonely…