Irish Guided Tours

26/07/2024

Having gone extinct from Ireland after the deforestation of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Great Spotted Woodpecker has continued its dramatic range expansion in Ireland, details of which are shown by records submitted to Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal. It is now particularly widespread in Leinster and has recently colonised the border counties of Cavan, Monaghan, Longford, Leitrim and Fermanagh. It has also begun to be found in some deciduous woodland sites in the western counties.

18/07/2024

Logo is derived from the ancient Greek for speech and logotype ‘lógos túpos’ is a mark, emblem or symbol to aid public identification and recognition.
This logo was created to be an identifiable image but also to tell a story about how we try to link our everyday surroundings into relevant tales inspired by our Irish landscapes. It has Ireland with the ancient triskele, which although not uniquely Irish, is commonly found in our heritage sites. The darning needle indicates the crafts and industries of the island, sewing and weaving who we are into the wider world. The encircling threads of green, gold, red and blue refer to the diversity of traditions which make up our surroundings. The loose ends reminds us that this effort is never the final edition and it’s likely to always require a desire for completion.
‘I bring you with reverent hands
the books of my numberless dreams’
W.B.Yeats

10/02/2024

This is one for the diary.

19/01/2024

19/01/2024

31/12/2023

Roughly translates as ‘May we all still be alive in another year having enjoyed the coming year in the meantime’ or that is the spirit of this.

25/10/2023

Don't miss your chance to attend this fascinating FREE talk at Enniskillen Castle: Fermanagh County Museum

Medieval Ulster & the Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
Saturday 2 December 2023
11.00am - 12.15pm

An illustrated talk by Dr Bernadette Cunningham on medieval Ulster and the local links to the major international Christian pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Using recent archaeological evidence as well as documentary sources such as the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of the Four Masters, Dr Cunningham recounts the story of pilgrims from west Ulster, focusing mainly on the 15th century.

Dr Bernadette Cunningham was Deputy Librarian at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, and a former President of the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement. She is also the author of a book on "Medieval Irish Pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela", published in 2018 by the Four Courts Press.

This talk is part of the Lough Erne Pilgrim Way project, delivered by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council in partnership with the Lough Erne Landscape Partnership, with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Waterways Ireland and the Department for Communities' Historic Environment Division.

Pick your place here: https://www.enniskillencastle.co.uk/whats-on/2023/medieval-ulster-the-pilgrimage-to-santiago-de-compostela/

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Fermanagh Lakelands Love Heritage NI Discover Northern Ireland Lough Erne Landscape Partnership Northern Ireland Museums Council National Lottery Heritage Fund National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland Waterways Ireland Libraries in Fermanagh and Omagh Discover Ireland Lough Derg

An illustrated talk by Dr Bernadette Cunningham on medieval Ulster and the local links to the major international Christian pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

18/08/2023

This will be the one to talk about.

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10/08/2023

Practicing for Heritage Week and the Thomas D’arcy McGee Summer School.

13/07/2023

Would you look at who I bumped into at Ashford? None other than and
Aka Tom Delaney and Eoin Riordan, outstanding ambassadors for craftwork in Ireland and can be seen regularly on Tiktok.

24/06/2023

CAHIR CASTLE

https://heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/cahir-castle/
Had the pleasure of an exceptional Castle group tour with OPW staff member Tadhg.
Something that his colleagues in the OPW, his town and himself can be proud of.
Why not experience that for yourself?

11/06/2023

Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal

09/04/2023

17/03/2023

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28/02/2023

Magical

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03/12/2022

Just one month to go to the start of the 2023 salmon fishing season. Fishing will commence as usual at 8.30am on opening day, January 1st. The fishing tackle shop at Lareen will be open for permits and licences daily from 9am from Wednesday December 28th and from 6am on January 1st.
There will be no increase in permit prices for the 2023 season. Day permits remain at €25 and season permits at €300. There has been no indication of changes to state salmon licence prices for the 2023 season.
Gift vouchers for fishing permits and holiday cottages are available online at the following link
https://drowessalmonfishery.voucherconnect.com/

Our online availability calendar and online booking facility for our holiday cottages is now available at
https://lareenestate.com/

13/08/2022

Exceptional.

19/06/2022

BEYOND 2022 Project

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Beyond 2022 to make available copies of millions of documents destroyed 100 years ago

04/06/2022

Morning photos near Ross Castle Killarney
(The dark spots on the castle photo are midges and mayflies)

30/05/2022

More than 1,000 delegates from over 60 countries are arriving in Ireland for the 11th international World Potato Congress.

02/02/2022

St Patrick’s Irish Tree
I love it.

18/01/2022

Plan your visit to Clapper Bridge. Don’t miss all the great things to see and do in Co. Mayo on your short break.

31/12/2021

Not wanting to brag….
But I’ve reached the point where I don’t need to work for the rest of the year.
Happy New Year to everyone in 2022.

21/12/2021

SOLSTICE 2021

Imagine the time when the community of the Boyne Valley of 5000 years ago, agreed upon a site for a significant ceremony.
Their entire expertise in physical and mathematical measurements were pooled to create the absolutely correct place.
A ceremonial platform so that the rising sun on mid winters day could shine though an opening of their creation as they celebrated the beginning of the new solar year.
What drama could they have added?
A covering over the lightbox of the tomb to intensify the moment?
Sounds of chanting, drumming or whistles?
The master of ceremonies preparing for a trance to help deliver the prophecy about the next year.
5000 years later their creation is still with us.
Unique in the world.
See it for yourself.
https://www.gov.ie/en/news/ce616-winter-solstice-at-newgrange-2021/

In line with the revised government guidelines, Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre and the site at the Newgrange Monument – though not the passage tomb itself – are currently open to visitors. We will once again live-stream the Winter Solstice on this page at 08:45 UTC on 20, 21 and 22 December, so ...