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Central Dublin’s busiest street is a far cry from the original vision of its owner, an 18th century aristocrat named Luke Gardiner. He dreamed of building a peaceful area of residential structures, surrounding the quiet serenity of a tree-studded…

In the 18th century, Kilkenny City Center’s stylish Georgian Town Houses were the favored headquarters of Ireland’s country aristocracy. The city is also billed as “Ireland’s Medieval Capital”, and contains several lovely old buildings from the era, including Kilkenny…

Yeats Memorial Building

William Butler Yeats, the national poet of Ireland, lived from 1865 to 1939. A red brick building in Sligo Town memorializes him and celebrates his life and work. Located…

Northwest Ireland’s largest town is situated in the middle of Yeats Country, where it has miraculously retained all the rural charm of the original small village, even as it has grown in leaps and bounds both physically and economically.

This medieval fortress city began as a settlement for Danish Vikings in the 9th century at the head of the estuary of the River Shannon. As the centuries passed, it grew and expanded to become Ireland’s fourth largest city,…

The primary attraction in the town of Eniskilleen is Enniskillen Castle, a strategic and well-preserved stronghold along the River Erne. Built in 1670 by the Maguire clan, today it houses two museums, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Regimental Museum and…

The city of Dublin displays countless reminders of a tumultuous history rich in conflict, violence and rebellion, as well as modern economic progress and remarkable artistic and literary achievement.
Dublin had its origins in the first…

The Village of Dalkey is currently a fashionable suburb of Dublin, although it was once a valuable port city. The fortified mansions of former shipping magnates from the 15th century still stand along its main street today. Archbold’s Castle…

This tiny hamlet lies between Glen Bay and a barren moorland, and is part of the vanishing Gaeltecht region. Its rural Irish charm is reflected in the homespun décor of the pubs and residences. The Irish name for the…

This village to the east of Derry City is named, in Celtic, “Leim an Mhadaidh”, translated as “Leap of the Dog”. The story behind this whimsical name comes from the history of the O’Cahans, or Ciannachta. This clan…