Here’s a little gem we came across last summer. Located just outside the village of Milltown, County Cavan is the monastic site of Drumlane (Drumlane comes from Droim Leathain meaning broad ridge hill). And what a location it is! – sitting amidst Cavan’s lake and drumlin landscape, overlooking the lovely Derrybrick Lough, this must have made […]

Once upon a time – as all the best stories go – Ireland was in the tropics!! No, not a fairy tale – and if you’ve a hard time believing it you should see the weather outside right now! So we start off in shallow tropical seas, throw in some shifting tectonic plates, add a […]

I reckoned that I must have been the only person in the country not familiar in some way with the Slieve Russell Hotel – I’d never played golf there, never attended a wedding, never booked a weekend break and never even knew where it was actually located. I was finally heading there on Sunday night, […]