County Carlow might be one of Ireland’s smaller counties, but that doesn’t mean it falls short on providing visitors with lots to see and do, including an array of historic…
Updated April 2026--For a small country, the island of Ireland has a large number of offshore islands, with about 80 of them of significant size, hundreds more dotted around the…
In the early 1800s, Belfast may have seemed like an unlikely place for a large shipbuilding operation. The Lagan River, which is the main river that runs through Belfast, could…
Ireland is well known for being the land of “saints and scholars” and among those acclaimed scholars you’ll find writers of short stories, novels, and poems. This post and page…
Updated March 2025--In Ireland, women have always played a pivotal, if sometimes unrecognized role, in the country’s development over the years. This post contains affiliate links and I may earn…
Are you a fan of The Chronicles of Narnia, the series of fantasy novels by C.S. Lewis, who was born in Belfast? Perhaps you didn’t know that there are specific…
