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On the far side of Liscannor Bay, 5 km north-west of Lahinch. It is a small fishing village. Kilmacreehy, or St. Macreehy's Church, 1.5 km east of Liscannor, is a medieval parish church, with nave and chancel. It was built in the early 12th century, on the site of a famous school founded by St. Macreehy in the 6th century.

The castle ruin in the village, built by the O'Connors, became an O'Brien stronghold and was occupied by Sir Turlough O'Brien during the threatened invasion at the...

Carraroe is, perhaps, the main centre of Cois Fharraige, (By the Sea), the extensive Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) area of South Connemara. It is one of the most important places promoting Irish culture involving both language, song and dance and, like many places in the district, organises Irish Summer schools for children from English-speaking areas.

It is also a very popular holiday resort for Irish-speaking holiday makers from other parts of the country. It is the ideal base from whi...

Clare Island is a charming island of 16 sq km at the mouth of Clew Bay. The quartzite hills on the north-west rise to 461m in the peak of Knockmore, with some flat land of the east and south. Its early archaeological remains include a court-tomb at Lecarrow, ancient cooking-sites, standing-stones, promontory forts and other sites from later times. One of the most interesting places is the remains of the late fifteenth century Cistercian friary, which was originally founded by monks from Abbeykno...

Monivea is approximately 10 miles from Galway City and is a spacious town....

Ballymahon is picturesquely situated on the River Inny near the heart of the Goldsmith country. In 960 Mahon, King of Thomond, defeated Fergal, son of Ruarc, King of Breifne and Connacht, near Ballymahon. The town has a fine wide main street, and has many associations with Oliver Goldsmith. The Ballymahon area is said to have had a seminal influence on Goldsmith and formed the inspiration for his future works. Ballymahon is also the centre of John Keegan "Leo" Casey country, and the Ri...

This Blue Flag beach is located in north west Clare. Its waters are safe to swim in and it's always patrolled by lifegaurds.
Formerly known as Leath Inse, or peninsula, from its water-bound location, its present Irish name derives from a prominent member of the O'Connor clan who is buried here.

Lahinch, some 3km west of Ennistymon is a very popular holiday resort, noted for its bathing beach and even more famous for its championship links and 18-hole golf course. There...

This quiet village, near Cong and the Mayo border, is an ideal centre for the trout angler as it nestles easily between the two great lakes of Corrib and Mask. For the more adventurous, Mount Gable lies just 2 km to the west, and is an easy climb of about one hour's duration.

The effort is worthwhile because the views of Lough Corrib stretching away to the south, Lough Mask to the north and the Connemara mountains to the west are simply stupendous. A short trip (8 km) towards Cong an...

The county Down combines so much of the beauty and variety of Northern Ireland within its borders, including St. Patricks Country, The Bronte Homelands, The Mourne Mountains and the Heart of Down. You can follow in St. Patrick's first footsteps on Irish soil from the spot at Ringbane on the shore of Strangford Lough, where he landed in AD 432, via Saul where he preached his first sermon, to Downpatrick where he built a little church.

Slieve Patrick hill has a huge statue (within bro...

Mainistir Laoise is the gaelic for Abbeyleix, which is located on the River Nore. The town is know as this as there is an old 12th century Cistercian abbey located here.  You can learn about the history and development of the town within the heritage centre.

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Cobh's landmark Cathedral clings miraculously to the town's steep slopes as they sweep down to the sea of Cork Harbour. That was also the last bit of Irish soil millions of Irish had under their feet before emigrating from here across the ocean in the last century, this tragic part of the nation's history as well as Cobh's historic and maritime story is brought alive in the splendid Interpretative Centre....