Tag: Norman

  • November 1, 2018
    Usually on the first day of your tour with Ireland and Scotland Luxury Tours we visit the “Rock of Cashel”.…
  • July 23, 2017
    The ruins of Fore Abbey lie in glorious rolling countryside about 8km east of Tullynally Castle. St Fechin established a…
  • April 15, 2017
    Five irregularly spaced drum towers linked by massive walls are all that remain of the castle that King John built…
  • February 26, 2015
    Fortresses In Ireland At almost every turn in the Irish countryside there are remnants of ancient forts, some now reduced…
  • September 30, 2014
    Five irregularly spaced drum towers linked by massive walls are all that remain of the castle that King John built…
  • June 30, 2014
    Rebels on their way back from the Battle of Carlow were ambushed in Hacketstown, and the bloody lighting between rebels…
  • February 5, 2014
    Narrow streets only 12ft wide in places – a legacy of Viking times – are crammed along Wexford’s waterfront ,…