ireland travel

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...

Ruins at 12th Century Killone Abbey

Ruins at 12th Century Killone Abbey

The bell no longer tolls over County Clare’s Killone Abbey, once home to aristocratic Augustinian nuns. Now one of Ireland’s National Monuments, the Abbey was established in 1190 and abandoned in the late 1600s.

Ireland's Bunratty Castle

Ireland’s 15th Century Bunratty Castle

No visit to County Clare, Ireland, would be complete without a stop at the iconic Bunratty Castle, the centrepiece of the Bunratty Folk Park near Ennis and the Shannon Airport. The current tower house...