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10/02/2022

The definitive inside track to the island of Ireland, wherever you are

10/14/2021

County☘️KERRY☘️
📸 Portmagee on the Iveragh Peninsula.
Credit: .ireland

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10/12/2021

Our landscapes may be breathtaking, but our colourful towns and villages are pretty easy on the eye, too 🤩💚
The charming town of Killarney is a must-see if you're in the Kingdom of Kerry!
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10/05/2021

Poulnabrone, Co. Clare
This magnificent Portal Tomb was built c.3,500BC. Excavations revealed the remains of over 30 individuals interred here, including a young boy with the earliest known instance of Down's Syndrome in the world.

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10/05/2021

Good morning, the cloud rolling over Ben Bulben in Co.Sligo and the story of its fairies told by WB Yates.

In the side of Ben Bulben is a white square in the limestone. It is said to be the door of fairyland. There is no more inaccessible place in existence than this white square door; no human foot has ever gone near it, not even the mountain goats can browse the saxifrage beside its mysterious whiteness. Tradition says that it swings open at nightfall and lets pour through an unearthly troop of hurrying spirits. To those gifted to hear their voices the air will be full at such a moment with a sound like whistling. Many have been carried away out of the neighbouring villages by this troop of riders. I have quite a number of records beside me, picked up at odd times from the faithful memories of old peasants. Brides and new-born children are especially in danger. Peasant mothers, too, are sometimes carried off to nurse the children of the fairies. At the end of seven years they have a chance of returning, and if they do not escape then are always prisoners. A woman, said still to be living, was taken from near a village called Ballisodare, and when she came home after seven years she had no toes-she had danced them off. It is not possible to find out whether the stolen people are happy among ‘the gentry’, as the fairies are called for politeness. Accounts differ. Some say they are happy enough, but lose their souls, because, perhaps, the soul cannot live without sorrow. Others will have it that they are always wretched, longing for their friends, and that the splendour of the fairy kingdom is merely a magical delusion, woven to deceive the minds of men by poor little withered apparitions who live in caves and barn laces. But this is, I suspect, a theological opinion, invented because all goblins are pagans. Many things about fairies, indeed, are most uncertain. We do not even know whether they die. An old Gaelic poem says, ‘Death is even among the fairies’, but then many stories represent them as hundreds of years old.

09/18/2021

Errigal mountain is the highest in Donegal and one of the most iconic mountains in the whole of Ireland…

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09/17/2021

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09/16/2021

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See the story of Game of Thrones unfold like never before. Find out more after the jump.

09/09/2021

Connemara summed up in one picture...

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09/04/2021

“Many people die of thirst, but the Irish are born with one.”

An iconic spot for a pint after climbing Croagh Patrick.

WHAT A COUNTRY💚

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08/20/2021

08/16/2021

𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞á𝐢𝐧 ~ (𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨: 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐧)
The middle of the three main Aran Islands in Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. It is part of County Galway in the province of Connacht. Inishmaan has a population of about 170, making it the smallest of the Aran Islands in terms of population. 🇮🇪

📌 Inis Meáin, County Galway
📸 🅸🅶 W. Parks
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08/14/2021

The mighty Ballinastoe Woods in . Like a scene whipped straight from a Lord of the Rings movie.
You could easily see Frodo and the boys legging it along these steps.
Photo by - [ Instagram ]
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08/13/2021

We're absolutely green with envy that we can't live in a cottage by the sea like this adorably cosy one! 😫

📍Ballintoy, County Antrim

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08/11/2021

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝!!
A small seaside resort on the east coast of County Antrim - The view across Whitehead’s promenade and multi-coloured seafront will give you a sense of the real character and nature of this town that has invited generations of visitors to stay, relax and enjoy its sights. ☘

📌 Whitehead, County Antrim
📸 🅸🅶 Maciej Grabowicz
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08/10/2021

A gorgeous quirky little corner of in Cork, Ireland. 🍀
Photo snapped by [instagram .capture ]

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08/09/2021

Maumturk Mountains
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Nestled in the cradle of the Maumturk Mountains, this corner of Connemara has always been a peaceful haven of quiet and solitude 🏞 Where do you let your mind wander to when relaxing midweek?
📸 Patrickgalvinphotography

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08/09/2021

Doonbeg Bay, Co.Clare
Stay there: westclare.net/doonbeg.htm

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08/07/2021

“The Blasket Islands are a now uninhabited group of islands off the west coast of Ireland, in County Kerry and the most western point of Ireland and Europe. The islands are best known from the story telling of Muiris Ó Súilleabháin and Peig Sayers, as well as “Twenty Years A-Growing” by Muiris Ó Súilleabháín.

During the summer months it is possible to visit the Great Blasket Island and witness how the villagers lived there in the past, as nothing as practically changed since they left the island in 1953.
The boat trip includes regular tours which describe and explain the island life, history and it’s famous writers.

You can appreciate the unique isolation and beauty of the Great Blasket and surrounding islands by walking across the deserted historic village, beach and beautiful green with sea views all around. The books which they penned have been translated into many languages and have been read by people from every walk of life.

You can also see seals and will notice many times that they are also gazing at you!
Overall, it’s a beautiful place with lots of history of harsher times, and it is possible to rent a property or two to spend up to a few days there.” Add this to your list💚 **le
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08/04/2021

Little village by the Cliffs of Moher 🏘️
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08/04/2021

Try your hand at the Mount Eagle walking route in County Kerry, and you’re sure to stumble across quaint cottages such as this on your way up to the top...
Thanks https://www.instagram.com/adrian_heely/ for the great snap

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08/03/2021

Clifden Castle is a ruined manor house west of the town of Clifden in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. It was built c. 1818 for John D'Arcy, the local landowner, in the Gothic Revival style. Uninhabited after 1894 it fell into disrepair. In 1935, ownership passed to a group of tenants, who were to own it jointly, and it quickly became a ruin.

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08/03/2021

Dunlough Castle is perched at the top of 100m cliffs above the Atlantic Ocean and next to a freshwater lake on the northern tip of Mizen Head in West Cork and was built in 1207 shortly after the Norman invasion 😍⠀⠀⠀
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08/03/2021

The Gleniff horseshoe is a 10km loop along quiet roads with spectacular views and dramatic and wild Dartry Mountains. Located in County Sligo, the walk also provides dramatic views of the Donegal Bay and the Ulster County beyond. 💚

📸 Avril Glavin images
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08/01/2021

Irish Sky Garden in the Liss Ard Estate, Skibbereen, Co. Cork. Described as a floating garden in the sky.

It was designed by American James Turrell, he is famed for his large scale experimentations with light & space, challenging the viewer to engage with the boundaries & wonder of human perception.

It is set against the natural landscape of the Celtic Liss Ard, an ancient structure half reclaimed by nature which lends its own fairytale whimsy to the location. So even though the sky garden is a contemporary piece of art with a strikingly postmodern shape & aesthetic, it is the perfect complement to a place that is already a bridge between two worlds.

Shaped like a bowl, the structure features a central stone plinth reminiscent of ancient Celtic altars. The altar rises up at an angle & features two stone footrests on each end to allow the viewer to lie down facing up & out toward the edge of the crater above. All that is visible from this vantage point is the green grass & sky. According to Turrell, “the most important thing is that inside turns into outside & the other way around, in the sense that relationships between the Irish landscape and sky changes".

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07/31/2021

Ennis, Co.Clare
Stay in Ennis: clareireland.net/ennis.htm
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07/31/2021

Watching day turn to night here in Donegal, Ireland can be rather magical! 🌌

Thanks Patryk Sadowski Photography for the lovely snap

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07/31/2021

A snapshot of Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coast featuring white-tipped waves, deep blue seas and ancient volcanic columns that cooled into perfect hexagonal shapes, known around the world as the Giant’s Causeway. This pic from captures the sheer drama of this part of our island!

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07/29/2021

If you don't fancy walking across the EPIC Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, you can always go under it for a completely different perspective! 🙌🌊

📌 Causeway Coast, County Antrim
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