Cork travel | Summer festival

Cork, the festival city:
It’s all happening in Cork in the month of June.  There’s a raft of festivals and events covering all types of interests and below is a sampling of the main ones:
Cork City Marathon (June 1)
For those who can’t sit still, Cork City Marathon hits the road on June 1st.  This 26.2 mile [...]

Festivals – Galway Oyster Festival

The World’s longest running oyster festival:
My greatest disappointment with my two trips to Ireland is that I’ve never made it to the Galway International Oyster Festival, usually held in September to celebrate the start of the oyster season.
I love oysters and Tony loves oysters and Guinness so this festival is really ideal for us, but [...]

Cobh – Ireland

Cobh, the Queenstown Story:
Cobh is a town of three names (Cobh, Cove and Queenstown) and millions of memories.
Many books and novels have been written about the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1800’s, the mass exodus of people in search of a better life elsewhere, and the pain and suffering during their journey.
Cobh was at [...]