If you are on any tours of Ireland you may pass through some, or all, of the provinces. As a quick guide note that there are four provinces as follows. “Ulster” is the Northern province and is part of the United Kingdom using Sterling as a currency. There...
Louth is the smallest of the Irish counties and lies between the Boyne Estuary and Carlingford Lough. It was always border country and therefore debatable land. It guarded the Gap of the North. This was the pass that runs from the plains of Leinster into the hills of...
This is the Glen of the two lakes. It’s an early Monastic settlement in a cup of the Wicklow mountains. It is impressively lonely and lovely in its setting. The ring of the hills, once heavily wooded, the bare cone of Camaderry to the right, are unforgettable. It is...
Louth, the smallest of the Irish counties, lying between the Boyne Estuary and Carlingford Lough, bulks largely in Irish history, for it was always a border country and debatable land. It guarded the Gap of the North, the pass that runs from the plains of...
County Clare is a peninsula on the grand scale, cut off on three of its four sides by Lough Derg, the Shannon estuary, and the Atlantic. It is linked with the rest of Munster by only half a dozen bridges, all of which are in...
The River Shannon here divides the counties of Westmeath and Roscommon and the provinces of Leinster and Connacht. As it was a strategic crossing point there were frequent battles in the town, first between the Irish tribes and then with the Anglo-Normans. Bishop John de...
The greatest if Irish rivers , the Shannon touches all four provinces of the country and is a must see on your Ireland tours. It rises in the Cuilcagh Mountains in Ulster , its banks for a long distance form the boundary between Connacht and...
This long mountain range which forms the border between two countries is known from its appearance as na Staighri Dubha (‘the Black Stairs’) and its scenery is a must see on your Ireland tours. Notwithstanding this name , it is an area of great natural...
In Christchurch Cathedral lies the tomb of a former King of Leinster, a hidden gem that dates back to the 12th century and is a must see on your Ireland tours. When the disposed King of Leinster , Diarmaid Mac Murchadha , went to Britain to...
One of the four provinces. You will be sure to see part of it on tours of Ireland , even if you only land in Dublin airport. Though in my opinion Dublin is a must see attraction. The province which covers an area of 7,645 square miles,...