In the heart of County Kerry lies a land of contrasts, where rare ferns and moss blanket lush valleys of ancient forests, which meet freshwater lakes backed by sandstone peaks. Mysterious medieval ...

One of Ireland’s most popular destinations is the Iveragh Peninsula — known to shamrock lovers everywhere as the Ring of Kerry. The Ring, lassoed by a winding coastal road through a mountainous, ...

In 1842 a German writer and geographer called Johann Georg Kohl travelled around Ireland, publishing an account of his journey the following year. "Of all the countries in the world", he observed, ...

“I rather dislike the notion of going to visit a site and taking photographs,” Irish writer and lecturer Robert O’Byrne recently told me in a telephone conversation from his home in County Meath. “You ...

HYDERABAD: During my tour of Ireland’s Ancient East, I delved deep into Ireland’s past and breezed through (though briefly) more than 5,000 years of history. Along the way I was blasted with sea air ...

On the outskirts of the Burren in County Clare, the ruins of Leamaneh Castle stand gloomily alone in the middle of private farmland. Abandoned since the 18th century, this once-imposing fortress can ...

Ten years ago Aram Hakhumyan and his wife were married in the Armenian Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi, in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. One month ago Hakhumyan, who has lived in Ireland ...

Reference to this desolation was readily found across all newspapers in the aftermath of the Rising. Businesses in the city made sure that the public were aware of the damage done to their property ...

Mysterious medieval ruins fleck otherwise untouched vistas that are often shrouded in mist, and through them, rare animals roam the lowlands, and towering waterfalls meander from above. If you follow ...