Dublin holds the honour these days, but did you know Kilkenny was once the capital of Ireland? Ok, that was back in the 1600s but, as Alexandra Murphy finds out, the city still retains its medieval magic. Kilkenny is the perfect hybrid of old and new, city and town, culture and clubbing. So when visiting [...]
History tells us that Ulysses S. Grant was commander of the Union armies during the American Civil War. Director Steven Speilberg most recently told us he was quite the confidante of Abrabham Lincoln. He was also the first President of the United States to visit Ireland. Decades before John F Kennedy motorcade was greeted with [...]
Ireland is famous (ok, notorious) for its ever-changing skies. Clouds can darken in a flash, rain pours down and before you’ve even had a chance to put up your umbrella, the sun is shining again. It’s the type of carry-on that would frustrate many landscape photographers – except Derek Smyth. His images embrace the cloudy [...]
The holiday season is almost upon us and the dark nights have taken over. The Irish have a fail-safe solution for winter weather however – we call it chocolate. We sent blogger Jane Casey to a chocolate factory with these instructions: do not come back without the perfect chocolate dessert recipe and a metric ton [...]
It’s the time of year when talk around the office turns to our favourite festive treats and tipples. Given it’s the season of giving, we decided to share some of the team’s top home-grown recipes with you all. Try them out, tuck in, and bring a little of Ireland to your Christmas table this year! [...]
In a lunchtime hunger pang assault, our minds drifted to food. What would me most like to munch right now. Homemade Irish Fish Pie topped the list. We had to find a recipe. Thankfully, award-winning food blogger Margaret O’Farrell was kind enough to oblige. Fish… there’s no two ways about it, we love fish in [...]
The Vanishing Ireland Project began in 2001 when historian Turtle Bunbury and photographer James Fennell began to extensively tour Ireland in a bid to chronicle a world that seemed to be disappearing rapidly. Eleven years later, the duo have launched three volumes of the best-selling ‘Vanishing Ireland‘ series with a fourth due out in 2013. [...]
We asked Vincent Byrne to tell us a story. The Irish mythology buff of Celtic Wedding rings, decided on the legend of Cormac mac Airt – a story of battles, wolves, warriors and high kings, with an unexpected ending. Cormac mac Airt was one of the most legendary High Kings of Ireland. Legends say he [...]
The West of Ireland always looks a million dollars. It can’t get any prettier, we thought. There’s no way the West could look sharper, we said. Then we saw Aoife Herriott’s work. When it rains, she captures a rainbow. When mist forms, she heads for the mountains. When lightning strikes a tree, she treats it [...]
On a bike called the Shamrocket, in a land of the green, and by the cliffs of insanity, Erica Reed spent an unforgettable summer in Ireland. Prepare to get really jealous… Imagine the sound of waves breaking on sheer cliff walls. Picture the base of the cliffs, dark and sharp against the foaming water. See [...]
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