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Written by Jim Brooks
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Monday, 02 January 2012 23:03 |
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It was in early Novemeber of 1987 and I was on my first visit to the Dingle Pennisula with my wife and her family. There were five of us in one car and we stayed at a B&B that was owned by Tim and Eileen Collins. Tim was a Garda in the area and Eileen ran the B&B in their home. The first morning at breakfast Tim told me about the Dingle Pennisula its attractions. He said a young dolphin had come into the Dingle Bay and the local fisherman thought that the dolphin had lost his parents after they got caught in the big screws of
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Written by Irish Gazette Editors
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Tuesday, 27 December 2011 15:31 |
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Dwellings on the site where Bunratty Castle is situated began in 970 as a Viking Trade Camp. Since the establishment of the trade camp, four castles have been built there. Caisleán Bhun Raithe or Bunratty Castle is situated in Bunratty village or Bun Ráite in County Clare near Shannon. The name Bunratty means the bottom or the end of the Ratty river in which the river runs alongside the castle flowing into the Shannon estuary.
The first defensive fortress was built in 1270 known as a “motte and bailey castle” by a Norman, Robert De Muscegros. The first stone structure was built by Thomas de Clare after the lands were granted to him. Thomas’s son, Richard de Clare, Steward of Forest of Essex became the holder of the castle until his death. Richard was killed in the Battle of Dysert O’Dea during the Irish Bruce Wars between the Irish and Normans in 1318. After his death the castle was
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Written by Special To The Irish Gazette
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Tuesday, 15 March 2011 03:39 |
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Garden Tour of Ireland Shows Off Ireland's Greenery
Some of the best gardens in the world are located in Ireland, with an almost frost-free climate and an abundant supply of fresh rain. The climate in Ireland allows for palm trees to grow along its southern and western coastlines. With that in mind, Peter Olin, Director Emeritus of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, is leading a
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Written by Irish Gazette Editors
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Sunday, 19 December 2010 04:25 |
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The "Pilgrimage to the Otherworld" is their tour of sacred sites in the Republic of Ireland and is set for April 26th until May 6th.The tour will lead participants through a landscape of stone circles and passage tombs, of monastic ruins and Celtic crosses, of fairy forts and holy wells. It will include travel by boat to a
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 16 September 2010 22:04 |
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One of the summer's biggest and oldest tourist attractions took place in Killorglin, Co. Kerry in the second full week of August.
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