Winter has come and in six short weeks, HBO’s mega-hit Game of Thrones will be over. But its filming locations in Northern Ireland live on and are open for business. Though the show was filmed all over the world, including Croatia, Iceland, Morocco, Spain, and Malta, its home base has always been Be …

W.B. Yeats is one of the most famous poets and statesmen that Ireland has produced, and his legacy casts a long shadow. While he was a Nobel Prize winner, an influential author in the Irish literary movement, and a member of the Irish senate, W.B. is not the only member of the family to contribut …

County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland is one of Ireland’s most picturesque counties. With rolling hills that rise to form some of Ireland’s highest mountains that give way to unparalleled views of the Atlantic Ocean, Kerry is deservedly high on the list of Ireland’s top tourist destinations.The c …

When you hear the word “tweed,” what image comes to mind? Do you think of a college professor wearing a thick jacket, smoking a pipe in a leather armchair? Do you think of the British royal family tramping across the grounds of a country estate after a day of shooting and outdoor sports? Do you thin …

When we think about the Ireland that we know and love today, many aspects of its culture appear, to at least some degree, as givens. Here, one of the first things that might spring to mind is prevalence of Irish Catholicism. For centuries upon centuries, the native Irish have been viewed on an inter …

It’s springtime and that means picnics, parties, and plenty of outdoor leisure. And no matter your activity, or how nice the afternoon sun is, a blanket is a perennially handy accessory to have around, especially when the temperature dips at the beach and you just want to stay to watch the sunset.Ir …