- October 8, 2014‘Switzerland in miniature’ is how the English writer William Thackeray described Glenariff in 1872. Of all the Antrim glens, this…
- September 30, 2014Five irregularly spaced drum towers linked by massive walls are all that remain of the castle that King John built…
- September 17, 2014At the meeting of Glenshesk and Glentaistie lies the 15th century friary, burial place of the MacDonnells. It is reached…
- August 26, 2014The Scottish Baronial pile that stands on the lower slopes of Cave Hill was begun in 1862 and completed in…
- July 31, 2014Graiguenamanagh (pronounced Graig-na- manna) means ‘dwelling of the monks’. The monks in question were sensible enough to place their abbey…
- July 25, 2014Three generations of our family (8 of us) went on the trip of a lifetime .... an Ireland tour. I…
- July 22, 2014Looking north across the Boyne, Slane is a pretty sight. The main road sweeps down beside a ruined church to…
- July 21, 2014A village in the vale of the River Suck, Clonfert became known for the monastery founded on this site by…
- June 30, 2014Rebels on their way back from the Battle of Carlow were ambushed in Hacketstown, and the bloody lighting between rebels…
- June 23, 2014A step through a gateway at the southern end of this straggling town takes visitors back 800 years in an…