Explore more of Ireland’s history and archaeology through my write-ups and photography.
The Athgreany Stone Circle is a place that I have found myself drawn back to again and again over the years, and for good reason. It is a highly atmospheric site, adorned with a hawthorn Read more…
With the Halloween season now in full swing, I thought I’d share a ghost story about the haunted ruins of Three Castle Head (or Dunlough Castle) in County Cork. The Castle This medieval castle is Read more…
A few weeks back, I finally had the opportunity to make the journey up to Emain Macha in lovely Armagh. This is a place that had been on my list for years, and I can Read more…
Not too long ago I had the pleasure of visiting the breathtaking Drombeg Stone Circle on a quiet and grey morning, just early enough to beat the steady flow of visitors that pass through it Read more…
If there is one experience that I implore anyone who is exploring Ireland to have at least once, it is to stand at the Lia Fáil on the Hill of Tara and take in the Read more…
Nestled in ancient woodland on the wild and rugged Hook peninsula in County Wexford lie the beautiful ruins of Tintern Abbey. Founded around 1200, the Abbey was a Cistercian monastery until the mid 1500’s, when Read more…
Recently we took a spin out to a site that had been on my list for a long time, the Knickeen Ogham Stone. Hidden in a forest clearing at the Glen of Imaal, this special Read more…
On the 10th of August 2011, Gardaí received a call from the Cúl na Móna bog in Cashel, County Laois. An observant Bord na Móna employee had spotted human remains sticking out of the bog Read more…
Today I had the pleasure of hiking up to Seefin Passage Tomb for the first time. This tomb, hidden away in the Wicklow Mountains, is one of the best preserved and most isolated sites I Read more…
