Both Irelands

• The Irish Weather is Constantly Changing
• Rainbows in Ireland
  
• Orange & Green Are the Colours of Ireland
• Irish Treats
• Narrow Roads & Hedgerows, Driving in Ireland
• On the Road: Novels for a Trip to Ireland
• Stacking Stones, an Irish Pastime
• Tapestries of Fall Colours
• Windows in Ireland
• Stairs and Steps in Both Irelands

The Republic of Ireland

Dublin

• The Best Pubs in Dublin
• Our First Night in Dublin (& Our First Guinness)
• Sculptures in the Dublin Botanical Garden
• Dahlias in the Dublin Botanical Garden in Late September
• Glasnevin, a Victorian Cemetery next to the Botanical Garden
• Readings in the Half-light, a Literary Pub Tour in Dublin
• Guinness Storehouse
  • The Importance of Water to Brewers
• Two Great Dublin Pubs that Feature Craft Beer
• Porterhouse Temple Bar, a Brewpub in Dublin
• Two Free National ‘Art’ Museums
• The Temple Bar District of Dublin Has Sights, Pubs and the #1 Meal in Ireland
• Some Dublin Neighbourhoods to Explore

Ireland, UK

Belfast

• Arriving in Belfast
• Culture Night and the Full Irish
• Details of the Big Fish Sculpture in Belfast
• The Maritime Trail and Titanic Museum
• A Food Fair with Irish Music
• Two Historic Pubs and a Victorian Mall
• Inside Looking Out: the Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast, Ireland

On the road

• Carrickfergus: a Medieval Castle and a Town with a Great Bar
• Up to Ballycastle along Coastal Causeway Route of Ireland
• Ballycastle and White Park Bay
• Giant’s Causeway and an Evening in Ballycastle
• A Drive Through the Antrim Glens in Ireland
• Dunluce Castle Ruins and White Rocks Beach
• The Glen Loop, Dark Hedges and a Second Evening in Ballycastle
• The Bonamargy Friary Ruins & Bushmills Distillery Tour
• The Ruin and Grounds at Downhill Demesne

On the road in the Republic of Ireland

• County Donegal, Our Introduction to the Wild Atlantic Way
  • Moville, Our First Stop in the Republic of Ireland, and Patrick’s Fat Dog
  • Malin Head, the Most Northerly Point in Ireland
  • A Leisurely Drive around the Coast of the Inishowen Peninsula
  • A Drive on Fanad Head in the North of Ireland
  • A Stop for Beer and History on the Fanad Peninsula
  • Sorry, we only serve meals on weekends…
  • Problems with Breakfast on County Donegal’s Northern Coast
  • Windswept Traemore Beach
    
  • Bloody Foreland and the Mountain Pass to Glenveagh
  • Inland to Glenveagh National Park
  • Glenveagh National Park Castle & Gardens
  • Donegal Drive through Maghery, Portnoe, Ardara and Malin Beg
  • Slieve League & the Town of Donegal
• From Donegal back into Ireland UK
  • Drumskinny Stone Circle
  • Castle Archdale
  • Marble Arch Caves
  • Blacklion & back to the Republic of Ireland
  • Manorhamilton
• Sligo
  • Carrowkeel Megalithic Tombs
  • Carrowmore, Another Megalithic Cemetery with Passage Tombs
    
  • Ceide Fields, a Stone Age Farming Village
  • Westport, the Best Small ‘Tidy Town’!
• County Mayo
  • Murrisk Friary & the Coffin Ship Sculpture
  • Drive Along the Connemara Coast
  • Shenanigans in the Roundstone – Al’s Favourite Town in Ireland
  • A Stroll Along Gurteen Beach
    
  • Cong, the Town Made Famous by the Movie ‘The Quiet Man’
• County Galway
  • A Morning Spent Exploring the Galway Museum
  • A Previously Unexplored Part of Galway
  • The Salt House Craft Brewery (and a Tap Takeover)
  • 11th Century Icons Hidden in a San Franciscan Monastery
  • More Galway: St Patrick’s Cathedral and Dinner at Il Vicolo

Munster is the southerly province of Ireland, consisting of the counties of Cork, Clare, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.

• County Clare

• • The Cliffs of Moher Overview
    
    • Looking Down from the Cliffs of Moher (and Up and Sideways)
    • Be Careful! Especially on the Cliffs of Moher
    • An Invisible Boundary Protects the Beautiful Mare
    • Ferry Ride Underneath the Cliffs of Moher
  • Doolin, My Favourite Town in Ireland
  • Doolin (Duelin’) Ferries to the Aran Island of Inisheer (and Map of the Island)
    • There Are a Lot of Rocks on Inisheer
    • The Cemetery on Inisheer
    • The Shipwreck of Inisheer
      

• County Kerry
  • From Doolin to Dingletown via the Lighthouse at Loophead
  • The Bridges of Ross & a Race to Catch the Ferry
  • Dingletown
  • An ‘Oddball’ Celtic and Prehistoric Museum on the Dingle Peninsula
  • A Drive through Some History on the Dingle Peninsula
  • Fantastic Scenery and a Brewpub on the Dingle Peninsula
  • One-Lane Detour on the Wild Atlantic Way of Ireland
  • From Dingle around the Ring of Kerry
  • ‘Kerry’s Most Spectacular Cliffs’
  • An Evening in Sneem
  • Through Ballighbeama Gap and the Glencar Highlands to Killarney
  • Muckross Abbey in Killarney National Park
    
  • The Wilder Side of Killarney National Park
• County Cork
• • Vibrant Houses in County Cork
  • From Killarney to Castletownbere on the Beara Peninsula
  • Around the Ring of Beara
  • O’Sullivans Pub in Crookhaven on Mizen Head
  • Skibbereen to the Fishing Villages Baltimore and Union Hall
  • Drombeg Stone Circle
  • A Batch of Beaches Near Galley Head
  • Galley Head Cliffs, Castle and Lighthouse
  • Timoleague Friary Ruins
  • Colourful Kinsale
  • A Second Day in Kinsale
  • Charles Fort, A Star-Shaped Fortress
  • A Day Trip to Cork
    
• County Tipperary, Kilkenny and back to Dublin
  • Cahir Castle in the Irish Autumn
  • The Ruins of the Rock of Castle and the Hore Abbey
  • Kilkenny in County Kilkenny