The Best Travel Writing About Ireland: Page 2 of 7

"A 217-metre-high rock rising from the Atlantic eight miles from the Irish coast, and crowned by the remains of a sixth-century monastery. In his television series, Kenneth Clark claimed that this was where Civilization survived during the Dark Ages..."

"The old chimney, with me inside, was trembling, as if swinging ever so slightly to the accompaniment of the wind’s hooligan whistles. With some exalted American tourists, I stood on what our guide called “the best viewing platform in Dublin” – at..."

"We timed it perfectly, arriving atop Seefin, the highest point on the peninsula, just as the golden sun touched the sea. The neighbouring peninsulas faded to soft silhouettes and the western horizon, 180 degrees of the Atlantic Ocean, went from blue..."

"The legs in Dan O’Connell’s pub have danced a million miles. Around and around the floor battering out jigs and polkas, slides and mazurkas, swinging and stomping into heavenly raptures. In this public house in Knocknagree the dancers topping their..."