Graham Greene & The Achill Island Affair

Graham Greene & The Achill Island Affair

The celebrated British novelist was deeply influenced by personal turmoil, travels, and complex relationships—especially with Ireland and its people. Greene’s formative visits to Achill Island inspired some of his greatest works, while his tumultuous love affair with...
Rolling Around the Achill Sound (1999)

Rolling Around the Achill Sound (1999)

Ireland’s largest outlying island is also one of its most magical.. If you’ve only got time to gaze out a moving windscreen, then a tour of the island shouldn’t take more than an hour. But it is better suited to day-trippers, with numerous options...
Grace Kelly (1929-1982) – Olympic Gold & Mayo Princesses

Grace Kelly (1929-1982) – Olympic Gold & Mayo Princesses

In 1956 the Academy Award-winning actress from Philadelphia achieved what many deemed a fairytale dream when she married Monaco’s Prince Rainier. There hadn’t been an Irish woman on a throne since Grace O’Malley who was not just Grace’s namesake but also came from...
William Knox D’Arcy (1849-1917) – The Irish Oil Tycoon

William Knox D’Arcy (1849-1917) – The Irish Oil Tycoon

Knox D’Arcy was one of Australia’s greatest entrepreneurs. The only son of an Irish-born solicitor, he is regarded as the founding father of the oil and petrochemical industry in Iran. His company, Anglo-Persian Oil, was the forerunner of British Petroleum. He already...