- April 22, 2014On this Island in Lough Ree, six churches make up the extensive remains of a monastery founded in the early…
- April 17, 2014In the middle of Lough Derg is a solitary, uninhabited, 49 acre island whose atmosphere takes visitors back to the…
- April 11, 2014The impressive fortifications that crown Dunree Head are a reminder of the strategic importance of Lough Swilly. In 1800, when…
- April 9, 2014This was the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Dal Riada, and is thought to have been one of the…
- April 8, 2014Westport was laid out as an adjunct to the Marquess of Sligo’s Westport House in the late 18th century, and…
- April 7, 2014The dark, biscuit-coloured tower of Jerpoint Abbey, with its battlements, rears above a bend on the road South from Thomastown.…
- April 3, 2014A single small tower is all that remains of the castle where, during the late 16th century, the poet Edmund…
- April 1, 2014Once a freebooters’ stronghold, on a tongue of land that projects into Sheep Haven, Doe Castle dates from the early…
- March 31, 2014Standing like a giant mushroom on three uprights is a 5000 year old tomb with a huge capstone, known as…
- March 26, 2014Now a thriving market town this was once the formidable power base of the Earls of Desmond. Their Kerry headquarters,…