ireland travel

Barleycove Beach in West County Cork

Barleycove Beach in West County Cork

Barleycove Beach is one of Ireland’s more popular Southwest beaches in summer months, with it’s long stretch of sand dunes and diverse marshland wildlife. The sand dunes were created in 1755 after an earthquake...

Purple Flowers in a Green Irish Field

Purple Flowers in a Green Irish Field

These beautiful purple wild flowers, known as Ragged Robin, are found throughout the island of Ireland. This image, “Purple Flowers in a Green Irish Field,” was captured in a meadow in Aghadoe Heights near...

Granary at Four Mile Water in Durrus, County Cork

Granary at Four Mile Water in County Cork

Local fishing boats moor on Four Mile Water near the village of Durrus, West County Cork, Ireland, at the headwaters of Dunmanus Bay between the Mizen and Sheep’s Head peninsulas. In the background are...

Lord Bandon's Tower in Ireland's County Cork

Lord Bandon’s Tower in Ireland’s County Cork

With more than 30,000 castles, from ruins to 5-star hotels throughout the Irish countryside, you might wander upon this scene on County Cork’s Sheep’s Head Peninsula and think you’re looking at a relic from...

Abandoned Irish House

Abandoned Irish House in County Clare

UPDATE: This actually was the local blacksmith’s forge and home in the townland of Lanna, between the villages of Lissycasey and Ballynacally. A new family home now sits on this site. Abandoned and crumbling...