- July 31, 2014Graiguenamanagh (pronounced Graig-na- manna) means ‘dwelling of the monks’. The monks in question were sensible enough to place their abbey…
- July 29, 2014This 15th-century castle is the mecca of first-time visitors to Ireland, who hope to win the gift of eloquence by…
- July 25, 2014Three generations of our family (8 of us) went on the trip of a lifetime .... an Ireland tour. I…
- July 23, 2014The Rose of Tralee International Festival, which any woman With even remote Irish connections may enter in the hope of…
- July 22, 2014Looking north across the Boyne, Slane is a pretty sight. The main road sweeps down beside a ruined church to…
- July 21, 2014A village in the vale of the River Suck, Clonfert became known for the monastery founded on this site by…
- July 2, 2014This former monastery is one of Ireland’s best-known and oldest religious sites, with the ruins of two churches, a Round…
- June 30, 2014Rebels on their way back from the Battle of Carlow were ambushed in Hacketstown, and the bloody lighting between rebels…
- June 25, 2014This prosperous market town straddles a tree-lined stretch of the River Blackwater on the main Cork - Dublin road. But…
- June 23, 2014A step through a gateway at the southern end of this straggling town takes visitors back 800 years in an…