Although no longer strictly an Island since the construction of a road to the mainland, Achill retains the sense of being a place apart.
This fascinating centre tells the often tragic story of Irish emigration in a most vivid way and also commemorates the departure of the Titanic from …
The Burren is a unique landscape, a vast limestone plateau stretching inland from the Cliffs of Moher, below which is a subterranean world of caves, …
When the potato arrived in Ireland it seemed like a godsend, easily grown and nutritious enough to sustain whole families on little else.
Cavan County Museum will primarily be of interest to those with a connection to the area, but it is a good local museum which tells the story of Co …
It's often said that people are Ireland's most important export.
With a growing population locked in poverty and almost entirely dependent on the potato for sustenance, Ireland was by the mid 19th century something …