Inland county in the province of Leinster. After Leitrim , the landlocked county of Longford (421 square miles) is the second least populated county in Ireland, with 31,500 inhabitants. Primarily agricultural, the county has some light industry and textile production. The reputation of being of being a...
On Ireland tours you might come across this county. County Carlow is Irelands second smallest county. It is located inland in the southeast within the province of Leinster. The county covers an area of 346 square miles and has a popu;ation of over 45,000. Surrounded by mountains and...
Newgrange is a passage-grave in the Boyne Valley , in County Meath. Newgrange is Irelands most famous prehistoric monument , built about 500 years before the PYRAMIDS...
Albert Clock Until a recent renovation corrected its list, the Albert Memorial Clock was Belfast’s answer to Pisa’s leaning tower. Erected in 1865 in Gothic style to commemorate Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert, it was tall enough at 113ft, to offer an excellent vantage point for...
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Inland county in the province of Munster. The county, 1,064 square miles, has a population of approx 180,000. Very fertile areas of the county, especially in the east and center, are part of the "Golden Vale," where dairy farming thrives. The Shannon forms the northern border of County...
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An extensive megalithic cemetery. Possibly started in the fifth millennium B.C. Sadly it has been much depleted by stone-quarrying. Though it was formerly the largest known collection of megalithic tombs in Ireland or Britain. Two miles west of Sligo town, the tombs include passage graves and dolmens with stone...
County Roscommon is an inland county in the province of Connacht. The economy of the county is agriculture, primarily cattle. Its many market towns include Boyle, Strokestown, Castlerea, Elphin, and the largest, the county capital, Roscommon town. Roscommon is the Anglicized form of Ros Comain, "the wood...
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,...