St Patrick’s Day – Dublin City is Going Green for the St Patrick’s Festival: Anyone who has visited the Emerald Isles will know how green this country is, however on St. Patrick’s Day it gets even greener! This year, Dublin City is truly going for Green and visitors to the city during St Patrick’s Festival [...]
Belleek Pottery is World Famous for its Belleek Fine Parian China: Belleek is a little village in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland that not many people may know about, except perhaps those people who are keen on Belleek china. Whilst the larger part of Belleek is in County Fermanagh, a part of the village spills [...]
St. Columba’s Church Site Has Been A Place of Pilgrimage For Over 1,500 Years: “Under Bare Benbulben’s Head In Drumcliffe Churchyard Yeats Is Laid….” and although Drumcliffe is best known around the world as the final resting place of William B. Yeats, the site on which St. Columba’s Church stands has been a place of [...]
Under Bare Benbulben’s Head In Drumcliffe Churchyard Yeats Is Laid: Driving south from Donegal to Sligo, we make a stop at Drumcliffe, a town best known as the final the resting place of William B. Yeats. Yeats’ grave is in the churchyard of St. Columba’s Church where his great grandfather, John Yeats, was Rector in [...]
A Recreation of What Rural Life Was Like in Ireland Over 100 Years Ago: Set within the grounds of Bunratty Castle is Bunratty Folk Park, one of the most visited sightseeing attractions of Ireland’s west country. The meticulously reconstructed buildings in this Folk Park give visitors a glimpse into rural life in Ireland in the [...]
A Medieval Banquet with the Earl of Thomond: At Bunratty Castle in County Clare we have an opportunity to experience a medieval banquet. Ah, but weren’t they all carnivores during that time and should non-meat eaters like us attend a medieval banquet? Our tour director convinces us that an evening at Bunratty Castle is an [...]
It was Finn McCool Who Built The Giant’s Causeway … As the Legend Goes: The Causeway Coast and its mystical Glens region is steeped in folklore, myths and magic. One of the favourite legends is that of Finn McCool, one of Ireland’s greatest folk heroes. As the Legend of Finn McCool goes – Finn was [...]
Northern Ireland’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site is Most Fascinating : The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located on the north Antrim Coast, an area of outstanding natural beauty. Thousands of visitors come to this part of the north Irish coast just to see these intriguing rock formations which are [...]
A Review of Killarney Towers Hotel & Leisure Centre : Killarney Towers Hotel is a three-storey modern hotel in the heart of Killarney city. It is very convenient to the many restaurants, pubs in town and the shopping area. We had a triple room so there was plenty of space to spread out, quite a [...]
Killarney Restaurants We Checked and Where We Dined: Strolling through the streets of Killarney, we take the opportunity to check out a few restaurants to see where we might dine this evening. We check out the Flesk Restaurant where we dined on our previous trip. Peering through the window and from the weather-worn menu in [...]
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We're Helen and Tony Page, and we love travelling - lucky as we've been doing it for the last few decades!
Tony has long been a professional photographer and writer, but Helen now writes most of the posts and takes a lot of photos herself!
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