This week, Australian author Sean Williams is sure he can make it to the Ring of Kerry, if only he can avoid distractions… There are many sites of archaeological interest in Ireland–40,000 ringforts alone, apparently, a number I totally believe because it seems sometimes you can’t walk ten steps without tripping over a wedge tomb […]
Hi. I’m waving from the North of Ireland, land of giants and myths and, more recently, Game of Thrones. I can see why much of Game of Thrones has been filmed in this landscape. It’s a land of contradictions, soft and fairy-like with glens and waterfalls, bleak and hard in other parts. The sea crashes, […]
When it flows past the Convention Centre in Dublin, the Liffey River is a major waterway and feature of the city. It is also almost at the end of its journey, emptying into the Irish Sea not much further downriver. But its origins are much more humble, and tracing its route takes you from the […]
This week Oisín McGann takes us to County Meath in search of castles… Anyone visiting Ireland for the first time will quickly discover that County Meath has a number of the most significant archaeological and historical sites in the country. Whether it’s the Hill of Tara, former seat of the High Kings, or Newgrange, the […]
This week Ruth Frances Long takes us on a journey into the mystical world of Dubh Linn… One day I was mooching around in Dublin (it was my birthday, I was allowed to mooch) and I found an angel. I didn’t just find an angel, as it turned out. I found a whole world. A […]
This week Nigel Quinlan takes us into the wilds of Connemara… Drive vaguely and meanderingly northwest out of Galway city, following signs for Connemara or Clifden or Sheep On The Road or Invasive Species Do Not Eat. Through Oughterard with its pleasant riverside park on the far side, Maam Cross with a rather musty replica […]
In part 1 we explored the remnant of Dunseverick Castle and the Giants Causeway, but our day was only half over, so onwards we march… Leaving the Giant’s Causeway behind us, we contintinued in a north-westerly direction along the clifffs. Soon we came to Runkerry House, an imposing building holding station atop the cliffs. It […]
People come to blows over which is the most beautiful county on our island. It’s always Kerry or Galway or Donegal, with Wicklow elbowing to the front now and again, claiming to be “the Garden of Ireland”. But sometimes, you get better advice from the dead than the living. Especially the ancients. Those who are […]
It was a bit of a gloomy August morning, with a hint of rain, as the bus dropped us off by Dunseverick Castle, the remains of a 6th century fort on the Antrim coast. It’s perhaps not the most impressive fort, as there’s almost nothing castley still standing, though it’s not hard to see why […]
Where All the Big Lads Hang Out… by Pádraig Ó Méalóid It’s the middle of August 2019, and you’re in Dublin for Worldcon – a Stranger, if not in a Strange Land, at least in a strange city. A strange city with many secrets, which sometimes only the locals truly know about. You’ve heard all […]
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