Tucked up with the Blue Book: Luxury Accommodation in Northern Ireland

Sep 28, 2011 1 Comment by

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 [...]

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Budget Island – Thrifty Travel in Northern Ireland

May 19, 2011 9 Comments

‘Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.’ Now, we’re not sure if the American inventor Ken Hakuta was referring to a holiday in Ireland when he coined this charming little phrase but it certainly gave us food for thought. You see, the last thing we want is for a [...]

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Irish Fish Pie Recipe

Feb 03, 2011 7 Comments

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, [...]

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