Cork is the largest of all the Irish counties, and in many ways the most varied. Rich farmlands and river valleys contrast with the wild sandstone hil...

Dublin is a thriving centre for culture and is home to a great literary tradition - its native sons include Shaw, Yeats, Joyce and Beckett -- and is t...

Galway is Europe’s fastest growing city and the fourth largest in Ireland. A lively university city of narrow streets, quaint shopfronts, bustling pub...

County Kilkenny has been at the heart of Irish civilization and culture for more than fifteen centuries. It boasts a unique selection of historic site...

Killarney is a center of activity all year round. The name Killarney comes from "Cill Airne" - The Church of Sloes. Killarney became recognized as a t...

Limerick City is magnificently sited on one of Europe's finest rivers, the River Shannon. One can only imagine the 9th century scenes, when fleets...

With one of the greatest concentration of megalithic monuments in Ireland, Sligo boasts a landscape as rich in lore as it is in beauty . Sacked by the...

Waterford City is the oldest city in Ireland. It was founded in 853 by the Vikings and later extended by the Anglo-Normans. Situated in a commanding p...

In a country steeped in myth and legend Wexford's history is no exception. A story tells of its origin in the mists of time, when Garman Garbh was...