Road Trip: Ireland

28/07/2021

Driving into , home of the epic Irish music and set dance festival and summer school, Willie Clancy Week / Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy the first full week of July. Sessions abound, classes all week, recitals/performances, ceilis… mighty craic all around.

To learn all about it from one of the festival’s long-time directors, and hear some wonderful music, download *Road Trip: Ireland* in the App Store and Google Play!

27/07/2021

Come drive with me 🇮🇪
Download and be immersed in the cultural heritage of the Clare coast, available on iOS and Google Play.



📸 Leah Bernini Cronin

26/07/2021

Go Deborah Schull!

Delighted to have our member spotlight shine on Deborah Schull of Road Trip: Ireland next week for our Monday Member's Huddle. Deborah is an Interpretive Planner, Award-winning Writer, Specialist in Audio Guides and Cultural Tourism. We are really interested to hear about the creative and commercial process behind the innovative Cultural Roadmapp! Deborah once described it as 'having a musician, storyteller and poet in the backseat with you' It's the only GPS-enabled audio road-trip out there!

If you feel like joining us, why not sign up to out 30 days free membership offer. Visit www.thetourismspace.com/tourismnetwork for more information.

24/07/2021

Home page of I AM OF IRELAND / Yeats in Song, a production company. Various traditional Celtic folk artists perform 24 W.B.Yeats poems set to original music by Raymond Driver

24/07/2021

Bunratty Castle & Folk Park and Durty Nelly's looking fine in the sunshine ☀️

Road Trip: Ireland 🤩 🇮🇪

📸Leah Bernini Cronin

24/07/2021

When you spot a 🌈

*Road Trip: Ireland* 🤩 🇮🇪

📸 Leah Bernini Cronin

21/07/2021

21/07/2021

Gleninagh Castle and Holy Well, one of my favourite (quite literally) hidden gems off the coast road in North Clare 🏰



📸 Leah Bernini Cronin

20/07/2021

One of my favourite local businesses in Clare: The Rock Shop in Liscannor. Every time I’m in the area for fun, doing fieldwork for Road Trip: Ireland, or bringing friends around to see west Clare, it’s a must-stop.

Just down from the cliffs, The Rock Shop is perfectly placed for a pre- or post-cliff walk coffee, and it’s the best place to find beautiful jewelry, precious/semi-precious stones, gems, minerals, and other gifts. They have also recently expanded their outdoor seating/dining patio.



📸 Leah Bernini Cronin

20/07/2021

The O’Halloran sisters — armed with poles and boiling water, they fended off the officers evicting their family during the Irish Land War, in the year 1887

I saw this photo on Reddit yesterday and had to give it color. The two girls to the right are twins, the girl next to them is their sister, and the leftmost woman is their mother Harriet. The sisters were named Annie, Honoria and Sarah. Their brother Frank was there too and below in comments I will quote his account of what happened the day of the eviction.

The Irish Land War was a conflict between the farmer tenants and their landlords that started in 1879.

17/07/2021

Sunny daze with the fam



📸 Leah Bernini Cronin

15/07/2021

When you’re in , be sure to stop in to Monks on the pier for a pint and lovely seafood, and once things are more normal, you might just get lucky and find a rollicking session underway!



📸 Leah Bernini Cronin c.2019

14/07/2021

What’s your favorite Irish food?

Here are some of mine, eating my way through west

And yes, that’s smoked salmon on a pizza from The Burren Storehouse, and yes, it was insanely delicious.

Seriously, it’s a great perk of fieldwork! I got to try all these (and so much more) while doing interviews for our GPS-guided cultural audio guide, *Road Trip: Ireland”, available in the App Store and Google Play. I even included my favorite places to eat as recommendations in the app!

Also featuring The Rock Shop , Joe's Cafe in , the cafe at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park , Kilbaha Gallery and Long Dock Carrigaholt on , Oh La La Ennistymon, and fresh blackberries in .

Can you tell I love smoked salmon and apple tarts? Other favorites not pictured: open face crab on brown bread (Diamond Rocks Cafe), fresh fudge (Moher Cottage), and truly anything at Linnane's Lobster Bar.



📸Leah Bernini Cronin

13/07/2021

Kilkee has many wonderful places to stay. From family friendly hotels, boutique guest houses or staying with a local family in one of the many B&B's, you won't be disappointed with all the seaside town of Kilkee has to offer.

13/07/2021

Next time you’re on The Loop Head Peninsula, West Clare, you absolutely must visit Kilbaha Gallery. Run by sisters-in-laws Ailish and Liz, you’ll find stunning local artwork, sculptures, and artisan products, a fascinating local history museum upstairs, as well as a lovely cafe for a warm apple tart and latte.

Download our audio guide app, *Road Trip: Ireland*, to hear Ailish, Liz, and local barman Bernie Keating of Keatings Kilbaha discuss the shocking history of the people of the peninsula, and give you insider tips of where to explore beyond the beaten path.



📸 Leah Bernini Cronin

10/07/2021

Spanish Point: Co Clare, named for the Spanish Armada ships that wrecked during a once-in-a-century storm just off the shore in 1588. The way history could have unfolded differently—if not for that storm that decimated the Armada—is truly remarkable; most of Europe would probably speak Spanish today.

To hear the whole story, told to us by local diver and explorer John Treacy, download our audio guide tour app, *Road Trip: Ireland*



📸Leah Bernini Cronin

09/07/2021

Driving near on a fine September evening while doing interviews for our *Road Trip: Ireland* audio guide app, available now in the App Store and Google Play💜

🎥 Leah Bernini Cronin

09/07/2021

Finding contemplative peace at Saint Brigid’s Well, Liscannor, Co. Clare.

Many people leave mementos, roasaries, photographs, bits of ribbon, shoes, or different objects in remembrance of (often tragically) lost loved ones. It’s impossible to not be deeply moved in the presence of such reverence and memory. And also, at least for me, having placed a memento of my own, and knowing it is still there, bearing his memory, seems to bring a bit of fullness, stillness.

To learn more, download our audio guide app—Road Trip: Ireland—and listen to Moher Cottage’s Caitriona Considine describe this fascinating holy well, its history, cultural significance, legends, and healing properties, located just up the road from the

02/07/2021

We’re live!! Thank you so much to Clare FM for having us on, let the exploration begin!

Leah Bernini Cronin & Deborah Schull

An award-winning travel app for motorists which illuminates Clare’s local culture and heritage has been created by two American entrepreneurs with strong Irish connections! The County Clare edition of the Cultural Roadmapp has just been launched so to find out more on Friday’s Morning Focus Alan...

02/07/2021

It's almost show time! 📻 Tune in to Clare FM's Morning Focus, Friday 9 - 11AM to hear our team talk about our award-winning audio driving guide, Road Trip: IRELAND 🤩 or listen afterward on SoundCloud (we'll post a link)!

01/07/2021

Delighted to be (of ) Download our Clare app today and get exploring!

01/07/2021

Woohoo! *Road Trip: Ireland* is making media inroads thanks to the great work of Ellie Byrne! Just finished an interview about our audio tour app with Morning Focus on Clare FM, listen in tomorrow, Friday, from 9-11 or on soundcloud via https://www.clare.fm/morningfocus/

Clare FM's Morning Focus with Gavin Grace. Weekday mornings from 9am.

28/06/2021

Sweeping views and hairpin turns, driving around **le on my way to do some interviews for our road trip app 🚘 Road Trip: IRELAND
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📷 Leah Bernini Cronin

28/06/2021

A fab place to explore, especially with kids! Be sure to bring goggles or a mask and snorkel! Then head to Diamond Rocks Cafe for a min open-face crab sandwich and chips or some tea and cake after 🌊

The Duggerna Reef, known to swimmers for miles around as the Po***ck Holes, is a famous bathing place in Kilkee.

The reef, at the western edge of Kilkee Bay, holds three large, natural rock pools for safe and sheltered swimming, in which the water is refreshed with every tide. At one time the pool closest to shore was for female bathers only, while the farthest one, Po***ck Hole 3, was just for men.

When the tide is right you will see many small processions of swimmers making their way down there for a dip. And for those not keen on sea-bathing, there’s an immense variety of marine life to be observed both in the large pools and in the countless smaller ones.

24/06/2021

The Irish like to have fun, and children are very much the centre of attention.