Your Travel Story: Killarney National Park
I discovered The Killarney National Park on one of my first trips to Ireland many years ago, and I’ve returned to Killarney many times since. Just last September, on yet another stroll through this...
View ArticleA Climb to Give Thanks
New York City native Patrick Connolly celebrated his 90th birthday by making a pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick. Most people, upon reaching their 90th birthday, celebrate the milestone in some way that is...
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Landscapes of the Heart
Photographer Eoghan Kavanagh on the Irish landscape. I began to work as a freelance photographic assistant in New York City twenty years ago. It was a wonderful opportunity but I could not settle, and...
View ArticleIrish America Day: 4th of July in Ireland!
Anyone who has ever stopped to ponder what a 4th of July celebration would be like in Ireland will get an answer this Independence Day. On July 4th, the town of New Ross, Co. Wexford will celebrate its...
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Joe Duffy Made Me Famous, Dingle Saved Me
When Mary Tolan’s backpack – containing her wallet, passport and six months of writing – was stolen in Ireland, she thought all was lost. Over the course of five weeks on the Dingle Peninsula, she...
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The Charms of the West
Patricia Danaher explores the high season of Galway City and the delights of the western landscape. The west of Ireland has a quiet magic at most times of the year, a tranquility that sneaks up on you,...
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Golfing the Emerald Isle
Five days of golf in Ireland’s southwest and a day of football in Dublin. I credit my brother-in-law Tom Coyne for inspiring my golf trip to Ireland. Not too long ago, Tom completed what can only be...
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Girls On A Bus Through Ireland
In August, Irish America’s Tara Dougherty and Sheila Langan went on CIE’s Taste of Ireland Tour. It was a trip not soon to be forgotten. Scroll down for more photos. An Irish American’s First Time in...
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Donegal: The Forgotten County
An appreciation by Enda Cullen. Apologies to readers from other counties but my mother used to say that Donegal and Clare people were the friendliest people in Ireland. She has passed on to a better...
View ArticleIn the Loop: Loop Head Peninsula Named Best Place to Holiday in Ireland
Irish-Americans planning summer vacations home to “The Ould Sod” now have a new destination to add to their itineraries. The “Best Place in Ireland to Holiday,” according to a contest recently...
View ArticleNew Ross’ Town Crier Announces the Second Annual Irish America Day
Visitors to New Ross town might have been surprised to see a ‘Town Crier’ dressed as he would have in 1776, as he took to the quayside to practice reading the Declaration of Independence ahead of this...
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A Way of Healing
In memory of her brother David, a victim of MS, Honora Harty joined a group of MS Ireland walkers on the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James), the ancient pilgrimage route. The walkers picked up...
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All Around Ireland
Michelle Meagher’s photographs of her first trip to Ireland. Wicklow Mountains, County Wicklow. This panoramic view of the Wicklow Mountains and Lake is my favorite of all the pictures I captured on my...
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Normandy
An Irish American takes a family trip to Normandy’s WWII battle site. This June marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings when the United States and her allies, primarily Britain and Canada,...
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The Light of Munster
If I could be dropped anywhere in Ireland with my camera and lenses, I’d choose the region of Munster nearly every time. The spectacular cliffs on the coast of Clare, the wild headlands of the Kingdom...
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Paris’s Irish Cultural Center
Just around the corner from the Pantheon in Paris’s 5th Arrondissement is the former Collège des Irlandais, now the Irish Cultural Center (Le Centre Culturel Irlandais). Matthew Skwiat explores its...
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Rebranding Limerick
As Ireland’s first City of Culture, Limerick is positioning itself to become a new capital of the arts in the west. Adam Farley traveled there to see how it’s going and what it means for the future of...
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A Course Called Quirky
Tom Coyne, whose 16-week jaunt through Ireland’s 38 seaside golf courses led to the best-selling book, A Course Called Ireland, has put together a list of 18 of his favorite quirky Irish golf holes....
View ArticleMayo Brothers Selling Checkpoint Charlie Shares
Through a series of debt purchases and security offerings, it turns out that one of the most iconic sites in Cold War relations is actually controlled by County Mayo developers Michael and Cathal...
View ArticleDonegal Island For Sale
For €175,000, a little over $225,000 at the current exchange rate, a 96-acre island in Donegal could be yours. To put that price in perspective, that’s $30 per square foot – 1,230 percent less than...
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