Ambitious owners have converted stone towers in the Irish countryside from ruins to rentals, giving visitors a chance to be king of the castle The imposing wooden door creaks open and my children ...

Archaeologists have discovered a massive 17th century artillery fort in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. A portion of the fort was uncovered in the area of a proposed hotel parking lot. The fortress, which ...

CLIFDEN, Ireland -- A castle by any other name? Well, manor house just doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. There are numerous hotels in Ireland that claim castle heritage. And I was determined to ...

The rugged landscape of Game of Thrones, which is filmed in Ireland, inspired us to round up our favorite Irish castles. The show has brought a new tourism industry to the country, which now includes ...

From cathedrals and castles to historically significant sites and striking landscapes, The Emerald Isle is home to many famous landmarks. These sites shaped the country and gave it the deserved title ...

An Irish West End actor is calling on Irish-Americans to invest in his "Historic Estate Investment Trust" to save Irish castles and other ancient buildings in danger of collapsing. Roscommon native ...

Nestled just inside the North York Moors National Park lies the village of Helmsley, amongst North Yorkshire's most beloved market towns and the only one situated within the national park boundaries.

“I rather dislike the notion of going to visit a site and taking photographs,” Irish writer and lecturer Robert O’Byrne recently told me in a telephone conversation from his home in County Meath. “You ...

Established in 1932, Killarney National Park never stops surprising. Go boating on the three lakes of Killarney: Lough Leane, Muckross, and Upper Lake. Explore medieval monastic ruins on Innisfallen ...