ireland travel

Dough Castle in Ireland's County Clare

Dough Castle in Ireland’s County Clare

A menacing sky provides the dark backdrop for the ruins of 14th-century Dough Castle, a landmark at the exclusive Lahinch Golf Club in County Clare, Ireland. Built in 1306 by the O’Connor Clan, Dough...

The Wild Atlantic Geology of Ireland in County Clare.

Wild Atlantic Geology of Ireland

The Atlantic Ocean meets the limestone coast of the Burren Region in Ireland’s County Clare, an area sculpted over thousands of years — once covered by ice and now chiselled by the perpetual motion...

Celtic Cross inside Church Ruins in County Clare, Ireland

Celtic Cross in Church Ruins

A weathered Celtic cross marks one of many graves inside the stone walls of Dysert O’Dea church, built on the site of an early Christian monastery founded by Saint Tola in the 8th Century...

Red Gate at Coole Park Estate

Red Gate at Coole Estate, County Galway, Ireland

A red gate accessorizes a carefully hewn stone wall at the Coole Park Estate of Lady Gregory, the Irish dramatist and folklorist who opened her home and spectacular parklands in County Galway, Ireland, to...