- June 11, 2017This town, on the mouth of the River Sheen, was founded in 1670 by William Petty, Cromwell’s surveyor general. However,…
- April 15, 2017Five irregularly spaced drum towers linked by massive walls are all that remain of the castle that King John built…
- April 4, 2017The most impressive Stone Age tomb in Europe stands on a hill above the Boyne’s fertile valley, part of a…
- March 26, 2017A few minutes’ walk west of the village, is an irregular battlemented structure dating from 1564, but much restored by…
- February 12, 2017Newtownards, now a busy manufacturing centre in an old town, despite its name. It dates from 1244, when a Dominican…
- February 3, 2017The cliffs form a sheer precipice, 8km long; one of the most impressive stretches of coast in the west of…
- January 8, 2017Glencolumbkille (the glen of St. Columba), is said to have been a favourite retreat of the saint and his disciples.…
- December 26, 2016West of Sligo, on the south side of the estuary, is the resort of Strandhill. On the shore to the…
- December 5, 2016From Castlebaldwin, just northwest of the lough, a minor road leads west to Ballymote, famous for its strong castle, flanked…
- July 20, 2016Rathmullen, a pleasant village overlooking Lough Swilly, was the scene of the ‘Flight of the Earls’ (14 September 1607), when…