Visit this charming riverside town in Ireland to escape the tourist crowds, explore its rich history, and enjoy a scenic ...

Ireland is full of historical sites, from a medieval Irish inn located in Kilkenny to a neolithic tomb that's Ireland's "answer to the Pyramids." While most tourists dive head-first into touristy ...

On a sunny Friday afternoon in April, the sleepy city of Kilkenny, Ireland, began to wake up. Chattering students filled the sidewalks, their book bags slung across school uniforms, many of the boys ...

Visiting the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary, Ireland, can be an awe-inspiring experience. This historic attraction is less than two hours from Dublin, easily accessible off a major motorway and ...

New scientific research confirms Irish provenance of manuscripts on loan from Switzerland, returning to Ireland for the first time in a millennium. The new exhibition also features more than 100 ...

A researcher in the Global Irish Studies Initiative at Georgetown University (GIS) explored the early medieval history of animal disease in Ireland at a talk March 27. Singer said that although other ...

Games are often played as an escape, and what could be more different from the technology and screens of the modern world than the tranquility of rural medieval life? While some medieval games focus ...

CORK, IRELAND—The Irish Examiner reports that archaeologist Tony Miller is conducting excavations at the site of Carrignacurra Castle, a defensive tower house built on a high rock outcrop on the banks ...

Archaeology Ireland, Vol. 37, No. 4, CARROWKEEL VANDALISED (Winter 2023), pp. 31-35 (5 pages) Bell, J. and Watson, M. 2008 A history of Irish farming, 1750–1950 ...