Legends & Folklore | Ireland Travel Kit

Deserted Village: Achill Island, Co Mayo

Books mention Achill’s abandoned village, but I was surprised when I saw it. An extensive community lived on the site, … more

Gougane Barra, Ireland’s first forest park, is secreted away in a glacial valley. Surrounded by the Sheehy Mountains the former… more

Nearby the lovely Glencolmcille Folk Village, if you drive to the other side of the bay and up the promontory, … more

With a limestone landscape similar to the Burren in County Clare, the Cavan Burren was planted with trees in the … more

At The Garden of Remembrance in North Dublin, there’s a quiet hope for peace and an echo of ancient Ireland … more

At first glance, the Pietà in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kilcormac looks like … more

The lighthouse at Hook Head sits at the tip of a long low-lying peninsula guarding the entrance to Waterford Harbor. … more

Known as Patrick’s Motte or the Granard Motte, this man-made hill was built in 1199 and overlooks the modern town. … more

What do you get when you mix together a middle-aged, wildly eccentric Bishop Earl, a touch of Italy, immense wealth … more

I never would have thought I’d find the entrance to hell in Roscommon… although historians and locals would probably prefer … more

Along the road are the ruins of a 13th century church and cemetery, but it’s the stone roofed church that … more

The tradition of carving pumpkins for Halloween started in Ireland… except they put their knives to turnips instead (in fact … more