Tag: Ireland

  • October 28, 2015
    Dunluce (Dun Lios, the Fort of Enclosures) an Anglo-Norman castle build by Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, about 1300,…
  • October 21, 2015
      Enniskillen (Inis Ceitleann, Ceithle’s Island) the capital of County Fermanagh illustrates very well the long, neat, narrow street of…
  • October 18, 2015
      Louth, the smallest of the Irish counties, lying between the Boyne Estuary and Carlingford Lough, bulks largely in Irish…
  • October 14, 2015
      West of Sligo town – which, except on the seaward side, is surrounded by mountains – the most striking…
  • October 7, 2015
      The quiet coastal road which climbs up from the bay and village of Cushendun has its little hair-raising hills…
  • September 30, 2015
      Around AD440 St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland settled in this valley, where the rushing sound of the Bonet’s…
  • September 3, 2015
    Although only 3 miles long, this little island off the coast of Galway has quite varied landscapes. Across the middle…
  • August 10, 2015
      One of Ireland’s most sumptuous houses, Ballyfin was built in 1826 by the 9th baronet Sir Charles Coote to…
  • August 3, 2015
    06 August - 09 August The European Challenge Tour will make a welcome return to the province this year with…
  • July 30, 2015
    If you’re looking for gold at the end of the rainbow, look no further than the Republic of Ireland. Whether…