As you know readers, our blog keeps its ears constantly pinned to the ground listening out for the footsteps of unusual accommodations. Recently, those footsteps have been more a rumble then a gentle pitter-patter. That rumble is Ireland’s Blue Book, a directory for country homes, Georgian manors and stately castles. We’re pretty convinced if it was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pierce Brosnan did it in an 800-year-old Abbey. The Beckhams did it on matching thrones. Heather Mills and Paul McCartney did it beside a lake with fireworks, and Dita Von Teese did it wearing purple. So what were these celebrities up to? They were each having a spectacular wedding in Ireland, that’s what! The island [...]
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