St Patrick’s Day Recipe Dilemma: You want to throw the greatest St Patrick’s Day party of all time and the only green options you have are broccoli or food dye. We know your pain, reader, so we scoured the country for a little help and a few recipes. We found it at The Village at [...]

Reader, it’s time to let you in on a little secret – you already speak a little Irish (Gaeilge). It’s true. You see, before we even make our first visit to the Gaeltacht you have a head start: You’ll have heard of the word Sláinte (usage was probably followed by chinking glasses and a long [...]

It is lovely being an island. Just sitting out here on the edge of the Atlantic, our coast gilded with honey coloured beaches and peppered with lighthouses winking their warm light out onto the horizon. But we’re going to let you in on a little secret – the nautical fun in Ireland doesn’t end there… [...]

There are lots of great things about being an island; rugged coastline, lots of cool lighthouses, outlying island gems, mythical tales about heroes challenging giants – well, you get the picture. But surely one of the best – you might say tastiest – things is being able to tuck into a lot of very delicious, [...]

Here are a few of the random facts I knew about Belfast up until today – The Titanic was built there It’s home to the chiseled architectural beauty that is Queen’s University St Anne’s Cathedral has the largest Celtic Cross in Ireland The actor Liam Neeson and writer C.S. Lewis were born there (okay, in [...]

We may have mentioned to you once or twice that we like a good story here in Ireland. The fact is that we’ve been storytelling for years (thousands to be precise) and the first stories ever told are as popular today as they were around the camp fire all those years ago. Now, you’d think [...]

We all know appearances can be deceiving. Just one look at the pretty garden forecourt of Gleeson’s Townhouse and Restaurant and you’d think it was where tranquility lived. And you’d be right – almost. You see, inside that lovely old stone building in County Roscommon, hiding among the atmosphere of old world calm is a [...]

It’s true what they say, the old ones really are the best. Thanks to the Irish Landmark Trust, some of Ireland’s oldest and most historic buildings have been tenderly restored so we can bed down for a night or two in these fascinating places! We’ve cherry-picked a few romantic hideaways where we know we’d like [...]

Having rejoiced at the news of Dublin‘s UNESCO City of Literature status we got to thinking about all of Ireland’s wonderful books. With so many to choose from, we decided to do what we do best and make a little shortlist. But we wanted to be able to show you the books, too, so myself [...]

Fact: Dubliners love a good story. A Dubliner can take something as everyday as buying milk into an epic tale of romance and bravery (or a first date on June 16th into one of the most acclaimed novels of all time – take a bow Mr Joyce). Considering the wit in our words and heritage of [...]