I bet you didn’t realise that Ireland, hanging there on the edge of Europe, is the 20th largest island in the world. This makes for quite a bit of coastline. Of course the actual length of that coastline is another matter (and all depends on who’s doing the measuring!!) but it’s generally acknowledged to be […]
Read MoreWe may be known for our coastline, mountains, rivers and lakes but I’m starting with my personal favourite – can there be anything more mysterious, bleak and beautiful than an empty bog. And bog we have aplenty! – one sixth of the island is peatland. Traditionally, the land has been associated with poverty and considered […]
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Location! Location! Location! St. Ciarán certainly had an eye for prime real estate, didn’t he! Clonmacnoise (The Meadow of the Sons of Nós) was ideally placed at the crossroads of two major medieval traffic routes – the mighty Shannon River and the Slí Mór (The Great Way) which traversed the country from east to west. […]
Read MoreA Sunday stroll on Ireland’s west coast! (Belmullet, Mayo, Ireland)
Read MoreWest Cork, Ireland
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