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5 min read 2022-02-07 11:30:39

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Today a dormitory town sprawling adjacent to Dublin airport, Swords is thought to have originated as a monastic settlement founded by Saint

7 min read 2022-02-05 18:30:00

Adjacent to the Green Hill Historic African American Cemetery is the Green Hill Cemetery, laid out across 15 acres in concentric circles on a

5 min read 2022-01-24 11:30:33

‘A little before dinner I got to Castle Ward. Lord Bangor received me with great cordiality, brought me into his room, and signed the address with

1 min read 2022-01-12 11:30:43

Herewith the surviving fragments of the once-might Morett Castle, County Laois. It was a late-medieval tower house, built by the Fitzgerald family

2 min read 2021-12-20 17:23:00

Albrecht Dürer, Trintberg - Dosso di Trento, 1495 I recently visited the National Gallery's Dürer’s Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist,

5 min read 2021-12-20 11:30:06

‘The church to which this doorway belongs stands in a glen at the foot of that part of the mountain of Slieve Mairgre called Knockara, two miles

1 min read 2021-12-18 11:30:44

The surviving walls of Garron Castle, County Laois. Dating from the late 16th century, it was originally built by the Mac Giolla Phádraig

1 min read 2021-12-11 11:30:02

If a graveyard could be described as exceptionally fine, then that at Moybologue, County Cavan would qualify. Subcircular in shape and enclosed

2 min read 2021-12-09 00:46:00

Just a few little things rolling off the workbench... I finished up four little wall bits and three clue/treasure tokens. The Wall bitz arrived

4 min read 2021-12-06 21:00:31

In Western Iceland, an old farm with stunning views of the Breiðafjörður Nature Reserve was in danger of crumbling into a pile of rubble in the

1 min read 2021-12-04 11:30:08

A familiar sight across the country: an abandoned and roofless Church of Ireland church. This one is in the parish of Kilfree, County Sligo and,

22 min read 2021-12-02 03:57:54

The Must-See Milos Beaches A deep dive into Milos beaches, food, attractions and more ; Milos beaches are definitely on the top of

1 min read 2021-11-29 11:30:12

‘Castle-Caulfield owes its erection to Sir Toby Caulfield, afterwards Lord Charlemont – a distinguished English soldier who had fought in Spain

1 min read 2021-11-26 20:00:23

None of my friends who live up north around the St. Louis Place and Old North St. Louis neighborhoods were terribly surprised when the old Freie

1 min read 2021-11-26 20:00:23

None of my friends who live up north around the St. Louis Place and Old North St. Louis neighborhoods told me they were terribly surprised when the