- October 14, 2015West of Sligo town – which, except on the seaward side, is surrounded by mountains – the most striking…
- September 3, 2015Although only 3 miles long, this little island off the coast of Galway has quite varied landscapes. Across the middle…
- July 20, 2015On the east bank of the River Barrow is St Mullin’s, a place of history and of legend. A…
- July 16, 2015In the middle of Lough Derg is a solitary, uninhabited, 49 acre island whose atmosphere takes visitors back to the…
- May 22, 2015The county capital, Carlow was once an outpost that had to provide its own defence as it was isolated from…
- January 26, 2015Kilkenny, County Kilkenny Before the Normans came in the 12th century, Kilkenny’s houses clung to the 6th century monastery of…
- January 12, 2015A short boat trip away from Ballycastle harbour is Rathlin Island, said in legend to have been dropped into the…
- November 6, 2014The town of the ‘ford of the kings’ is an old walled settlement that once lay at the intersection of…
- October 15, 2014Rearing up from a steep hill like a jagged, broken tooth and visible for miles around is the shattered tower…
- October 7, 2014Between Coachford and Macroom and ancient bridge spans one of the loveliest reaches of the River Lee, and on a…