A castle-like mansion beside a lake at the foot of the mountains in Connemara, built in the 1860s and home to Benedictine nuns since 1920. Visit the restored rooms, the neo-Gothic church, and the Victorian walled garden.
Connemara, in the west of County Galway, is a wild landscape of bogs, lakes, mountains and beaches. Walk up Diamond Hill in Connemara National Park, and drive the Sky Road near Clifden. Inishbofin island is reached by ferry from Cleggan.
From Doolin pier, ferries cross to Inis Oírr, the smallest and closest of the Aran Islands, in about 15 to 30 minutes.
Doolin, a small village on the County Clare coast, is the traditional music capital of Ireland, and Gus O'Connor's is its most famous pub, serving pi…
Ireland's most famous natural sight: sheer cliffs rising up to 214 m out of the Atlantic, running for 14 km along the County Clare coast.
Ireland's first national park, with lakes, woods and mountains next to the town of Killarney.
A dramatic group of medieval buildings on a limestone outcrop above the plains of Tipperary, once the seat of the kings of Munster, where St Patrick …
The Ring of Kerry is a 179 km scenic route around the Iveragh peninsula, past mountains, lakes, beaches and villages.
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