Brought the family to a motorcycle race lately? They might just enjoy it. Our guest blogger Barbara Cullen recalls the thrills, spills and bags of chips of her childhood spent at the sideline of the North West 200. The smell of the grease, the roar of the engines, the sudden thunder as they whip past [...]

Where in Ireland can you find slinky cobbled alleyways, a star-shaped coastal fort and some of the most sumptuous seafood you’ll ever eat? Ok the last part might have given it away – the answer is the town of Kinsale in County Cork! Kinsale you see, is well known for it’s seafood and the locals here [...]

Horse racing in Ireland is what you would call ‘edge-of-the-seat’ entertainment. So, with the Punchestown Horse Racing Festival just around the corner, we asked sports fanatic Paul Rowley to take us through a day at the races and see if he could break even… A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for [...]

County Down native Simon Brown turned professional photographer in 2006 with the sole aim of capturing the natural beauty of his homeland. Since then, his evocative shots of the Northern Ireland landscape, from sweeping coastline to heather-strewn mountains, have been exhibited widely and have just been brought together for his book, ‘Portrait of County Down’. [...]

We’ve all heard the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. One man who has a certain knack for taking pictures is photographer Enda Cavanagh and he has been so kind as to share some of his work with us. We think you’ll find that through his pictures, Ireland’s landscape speaks for itself. [...]

With days getting longer and the sun making a welcome return, our minds have turned to sport. Gaelic Games to be precise. So to get the lowdown, we asked sports journalist and all-round mega-fan Paul Rowley to tell us exactly what he knows about these great games… We’ve heard hurling can look like a cross [...]

There have been many visitors to Ireland who have admitted to leaving their heart behind. When guest blogger Charles Berkoff visited, he didn’t misplace his heart, but he did misplace his glasses. Little did he know that leaving his specs on a Dublin bus would tell him all he needed to know about Irish hospitality… [...]

The Ring of Kerry is a stunning Irish coastal ring route and a national natural treasure. We found a man who knows the Ring as intimately as we know the drive home. Tour guide and general Kerry know-it-all, John Hickey, takes us on a detailed view-by-view tour of this enchanted stretch of Ireland’s landscape… Depart [...]

Countless castles pepper Ireland’s landscape, some so crumbled and barren it’s clear they’ve stood for hundreds of winters, and some so thick with hanging tapestries and the wafting smell of mead, you’d expect to see a King’s carriage in the carpark. Whether ruined or restored, you know those stone walls have seen some exciting things [...]

Our young American friend, Sarah McNaughton, shares some tales from her three-day trip around Ireland’s southwest on the famous Paddywagon.