We’re going to keep this intro short because I’m drooling so much that I may damage the keyboard. Traditional Irish Recipes are the kind of munchables that send our tummies into grumble overdrive. The following recipes for success; Potato Bread, Roast Beef and White Wine Steamed Mussels have the whole office crowded around my desk. [...]

You’ve seen the videos: the monstrous Atlantic rollers that lash the Sligo and Donegal coast are some of the biggest in the world, and attract some of the best riders in the world to tame them. But what if you don’t have a trophy cabinet of little golden surfboards, or have never even stood on [...]

You could call Peter McCabe the landscape whisperer. He can coax out of an everyday scene the most evocative compositions. I’m talking clouds almost three-dimensional in their bouffant-ness, seas swelling and splashing against the picture, and sands so full of texture I fear they’ll scratch my screen. Lucky for us, this whisperer can wield a [...]

Novelist and screenwriter Felicity Hayes-McCoy knows all about pretty places in Ireland. In fact, she’s written the book on it (well, a book on her cherished Dingle Peninsula). When we asked Felicity what other of favourite Ireland spots she’d like to write about, she answered the town of . Here’s why: From a visitor’s point [...]

“Titanic’s story is about the people,” says my taxi driver. It’s quite a firm reaction to my off-the-cuff remark that I was at TITANICa: The People’s Story, and to prove his point, I’m instructed to open the glove box and take out the book he’s reading. I pull out Titanic Survivor; the autobiography of Violet [...]

Titanic Belfast is one of the most distinctive structures of this century – and it’s only 2012. The largest Titanic visitor experience in the world, Titanic Belfast is also the biggest ever investment project in Northern Ireland. Since it began taking shape almost two years ago, its distinctive angles have been a glittering and exciting [...]

Ireland’s stunning churches, monasteries and ancient manuscripts all feature a dizzying array of Celtic motifs, including elegant knot symbols, round towers, and stately Celtic crosses. We’ve seen them on headstones, beautifying the facade of built-so-long-ago-it-hurts-to-think-about-it places like Newgrange and some of us are rocking necklaces, rings, bracelets and T-shirts with, until now, unknown symbols. What [...]

The way our stories tell it, Ireland’s just a land of leprechauns frolicking among four-leafed clovers and fairy mounds, of starry nights filled with púcas and banshees. Well, not quite, but this stuff is not just the preserve of childrens books either. Ireland’s myths, legends and superstitions are the legacy of a rich oral tradition. [...]

I’m blogging right from the heart of the madness of St Patrick’s Parade in Dublin. I’ve got an eagle eye view from the bus and I’ll be keeping you updated throughout… stay tuned! 11.45 St Patrick’s Day has meant parades for as long as I can remember. But there’s another new tradition raising its cheerful [...]

Everyone’s a little Irish on St Patrick’s Day, and celebrating with a party, wherever you are in the world, is a method we most approve of. Our favourite guest blogger Gerry Britt reveals his recipes for a successful St Patrick’s Day party. I moved to Virginia in February, 1995. St. Patrick’s Day soon rolled around [...]