As I walked near the mist-shrouded lakes beyond the ruins of the Glendalough monastery, it was easy to imagine there were magical creatures just beyond my field of vision. A misty morning stroll past ...

We loaded our belongings into the car, making sure that we had our coats since it was a bit chilly, and set out on the cottage lane to the N-52. The traffic was trivial, even when we turned South onto ...

A former miner's cottage overlooking the round tower in Glendalough, Co Wicklow, is for sale for the first time in more than 100 years. Cloneen Cottage is just metres from the tower, which was built ...

Roz Purcell shares her guide to the best walks in Ireland with a cooling dip en route Roz Purcell's best hikes and dips around Ireland Route type: Point A to B Starting point: St Kevin’s Church, ...

The rain-engorged Glen-ealo and Glendasan rivers were smashing their whitened heads together as they ran into one another in full fury. Standing on the footbridge below the monastic site at the mouth ...

Ireland’s only unique contribution to world architecture, the free-standing round tower, survives at some 65 sites with examples in all but four of the 32 counties of this island. Their primary ...