County Clare Summer Vista

When is the Best Time to Visit Ireland?

This question comes from Donna Lab of Navarre, Ohio: “When is the best time to visit Ireland?” This actually is a question I receive quite frequently, and the answer really depends on your interests. My first...

Wildflowers-lined Irish County Road

My Favourite Places in County Clare

This question comes from Rendy Morris who asks: “I would like your thoughts — for my hopeful next trip — on the “Must See” places.  Maybe you could list your top 5 recommendations.” Thanks...

River window

The Lower Floors of Yeats Thoor Ballylee

The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society, a local non-profit group, has taken over the former home of Poet and Nobel Laureate W. B. Yeats near Gort in County Galway and is raising funds to restore...

Galway Countryside from Yeats Tower

View from Thoor Ballylee Rooftop Battlements

High above the County Galway countryside, these sculpted limestone battlements, bleached by nature over more than 600 years, granted the Norman builders of Thoor Ballylee (Yeats Tower) a crisp view of the surrounding terrain...