Tag: round tower

  • January 26, 2020
    This quaint little town is made famous by the “Rock of Cashel”. At Ireland and Scotland Luxury Tours we usually…
  • July 4, 2019
    Ardmore, with its smooth beach, its colour washed cottages, and green fields, is the pleasantest of places to see on…
  • July 31, 2018
    Well before you reach Cashel, the rock that bears its name appears on the skyline, rearing up from the landscape…
  • March 4, 2017
    The cathedral was built in 1790-1827, but it retains some portions of the older building, notably part of the east…
  • January 21, 2016
    Ardmore, with its smooth beach, its colour-washed cottages and green fields is the pleasantest of places. It was once an…
  • July 16, 2015
    In the middle of Lough Derg is a solitary, uninhabited, 49 acre island whose atmosphere takes visitors back to the…
  • June 2, 2015
    The granite ridge that forms the lovely Wicklow and Blackstairs Mountains across the south-east corner of Ireland has given this…
  • May 18, 2015
    Kells/Ceanannus, County Meath One of the great centres of Celtic Christianity. where the Book of Kells may have been written…
  • February 26, 2015
    Fortresses In Ireland At almost every turn in the Irish countryside there are remnants of ancient forts, some now reduced…
  • January 11, 2015
    The seaside village of Ardmore stands on a promontory known mainly for its association with St Declan, the 5th century…