So we got lost on our way to the Bru Na Boinne and ended up in the palace of The Boyne, which was an 18th-century Oldbridge house situated on the battle site and I was kind of glad we did. You can’t tell the story of the Irish wars without mentioning this masterpiece. The battle was between King William iii and his father-in-law King James 11 in 1690. At stake during this war was the throne of the British …
It was our third time lucky for us to find this ancient masterpiece of architecture. The first time we got lost driving down the beautiful Irish countryside road and ended up in the Battle of the Boyne, which honestly wasn’t a bad thing as the tour and history of the fight for Ireland was not only fascinating but worth the time spent there. The second time we got lost in the narrow roads between Dundalk …
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March 17th – The wintry showers and scattered snow flakes seemed to be heaven’s way of endorsing the events this year. Then again, if you have lived in Ireland long enough, you know not to pay so much heed to the weather. It’s St. Patrick’s Day (Lá Fhéile Pádraig as my Irish friends will say) or ‘Paddy’s day’ as we like to refer to this day in a more secular way. It is my first ever Paddy’s day …
Having lived in Dublin all these years, I never really appreciated the beauty of the city. After all these years, I have come to love and still love Dublin and in the words of Dublin’s most famous poet James Joyce “When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.” taitneamh a bhaint as átha Cliath Here are my favourite places to visit and things to see in Dublin. .Dublin Zoo/Phoenix park: The day started …
The Rock of Dunamase is a popular historic attraction found overlooking the valley of the O’Moores, just outside Portlaoise, County Laoise on the M7 Dublin road to Portlaoise. This is one of the tourist places not frequently mentioned in the tourism industry in Ireland. Having procrastinated so much about visiting this great relic, partly because it is a bit difficult to access as there is no organised tour to the site and it is off a narrow country road, I finally made …
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