This is one of my favorite castles in all of Ireland and a real hidden gem for any Ireland tours. The very first people to set foot upon the land surrounding Oughterard were most likely hunter gatherers of the middle stone or Mesolithic age around 4,000-...
Aughnanure Castle is a real hidden gem and one of my favorite castles in Ireland. Check it out on any Ireland tours. It is one of well over 200 tower houses in County Galway built by large, wealthy , land owning families , mainly of Gaelic...
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Bunratty Castle is included in many Ireland tours but it has a rich history worth reading about. The site on which Bunratty Castle stands was a Viking trade camp in 970. The present structure is the last of four castles to be built on the site. Robert De...
Tours of Ireland need to include Blarney Castle. Blarney Castle was built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland’s greatest chieftains, Cormac MacCarthy, and has been attracting attention beyond Munster ever since. Over the last few hundred years, millions have flocked to Blarney, making...
It overlooks Belfast and you will notice it on any Ireland tours. The first 'Belfast Castle' was built by the Normans in the late 12th century. On the same site a stone and timber castle was erected in 1611. The home of Sir Arthur Chichester, barron...
The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange was built about 3200 BC and is a must see attraction on any Ireland tours. The kidney shaped mound covers an area of over one acre and is surrounded by 97 kerbstones , some of which are richly decorated with...
If you are on tours of Ireland in March you need to know about Saint Patrick's Day as it is celebrated each year on the seventeenth of March. In Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day is both a holy day and a national holiday. Saint Patrick is the patron saint...
On our tours of Ireland we recommend a visit to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. See how people lived in Ireland through the ages and how they travelled. With real thatched cottages and old Belfast terraced houses moved on site brick by brick !!!...
Ireland is the farthest outpost of Europe in the West. Isolated in ancient times from the rest of the Continent - the Romans never even reached the island !! Ireland , through commerce with Celtic and Gaulish scholars , developed its own culture and civilization , most...