Rising 764 metres above the shores of Clew Bay in County Mayo, Croagh Patrick is Ireland’s holiest mountain, a site of Christian pilgrimage for over 1,500 years. According to tradition, Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, spent 40 days and 40 nights fasting on the summit of the mountain in 441 AD, and it […]
Dublin is the capital city of Ireland filled with glorious buildings and natural sceneries all around. Tourists should plan to stay at least for a week to enjoy the city, since there are many top sights to see in Dublin. From medieval cathedrals to Georgian squares, from Viking fortresses to lively pub districts, the city […]
Powerscourt Waterfall is the highest waterfall in Ireland, a spectacular 121-metre cascade tumbling down the rocky slopes of the Wicklow Mountains within the magnificent Powerscourt Estate, just south of Dublin. Set in one of Ireland’s most beautiful designed landscapes, the waterfall plunges through a lush wooded valley at the foot of the Great Sugar Loaf […]
Powerscourt House and Gardens is one of the most beautiful estates in Ireland, a magnificent 18th-century Palladian mansion set within 47 acres of meticulously designed gardens in the Wicklow Mountains, ranked among the top three gardens in the world by National Geographic and voted one of the top ten houses worldwide by Lonely Planet. Located […]
The Poulnabrone Dolmen is one of Ireland’s most iconic prehistoric monuments, a 5,800-year-old Neolithic portal tomb consisting of three massive standing stones capped by a 1.8-metre-long capstone, rising starkly from the limestone pavement of the Burren in County Clare. Older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza, Poulnabrone is one of the most photographed archaeological […]
