Spotlight on Belfast – City of Music & Joy

Spotlight on Belfast – City of Music & Joy

Host to the 2026 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann and a place on National Geographic Traveller’s prestigious Cool List 2024 underlines the positivity around Northern Ireland’s progressive capital. “Belfast’s heart beats fervidly with music, it is in our...
Garden of Ireland: A Tour of Carlow, Wicklow & Kildare  (2000, Archive)

Garden of Ireland: A Tour of Carlow, Wicklow & Kildare (2000, Archive)

This article was written in the year 2000 for a light-hearted travel website … the places covered in the text are Dublin – Bray – Powerscourt – Kilpeddar – Kilcoole – (Rathnew / Wicklow) – Roundwood – Glendalough – Ashford – Avoca – Shillelagh – Tinahely – Kiltegan –...
Michael Dwyer (1772-1825) – The Outlaw of the Wicklow Mountains

Michael Dwyer (1772-1825) – The Outlaw of the Wicklow Mountains

See here for more stories from County Wicklow.   Much of the post-1798 folklore in the Wicklow Mountains concerns the rebel leader Michael Dwyer who held out until 1803. Born in Camara, Co. Wicklow, in 1772, he was raised near Eadestown in the Glen of Imail and served...
Viewmount House, County Carlow

Viewmount House, County Carlow

The story of one of County Carlow’s oldest mansions, a Browne-Clayton house, and its connection to Sir Edward Crosbie, executed in 1798. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...