I love Dublin at Christmastime.

A few weeks ago, I took a trip to Clare and spent two days meandering through the winding and oh so tiny roads of the northwest part of the beautiful county.

I am admittedly obsessed with my iPhone. Perhaps my favorite feature is the millions of applications available to download on any and every subject. Today I’m going to keep it simple and focus on Irish travel apps.

I love going to spa and Ireland offers some great opportunities for unique seaweed spa treatments.

As many of you know, I was on a bit of a Book of Kells kick last week and I was happily reminded of my favourite 1,200 year old book when I visited the Celtic T-shirt Shop in Lahinch yesterday.

St. Patrick’s Day is one of the few holidays celebrated by people of all backgrounds; and arguably one of the most fun.

The March issue of Bon Appétite magazine brought me to the world’s best Irish soda bread.

This March, Co. Sligo will host the first ever World Irish Stew Championships as part of the SÓ Sligo festival celebrating food and culture of the north west region of Ireland.

Dublin’s Ha’Penny Bridge (it’s officially named the Liffey Bridge yet no one calls it that) is definitely a notable part of the city’s skyline.  The white cast iron bridge has been around for almost two hundred years and was originally built to replace seven ferries that crossed the river.  From this, the Ha’penny name emerged as pedestrians were charged a penny until 1919 (there were turn-styles at the entrances of the bridge) to cross the bridge to make up for the charges that were previously imposed by the ferries.  One …

Dublin isn’t the only Irish city to boast a charming Georgian district.  Limerick has a historic Georgian quarter with beautiful town houses overlooking the People’s Park in Pery Square.
Starting on November the 20th, the plush boutique No 1 Pery Square Hotel and Spa (this place is on Condé Naste Traveller’s Hot 2009 List) is set to host a three day Georgian Christmas market (the country’s first). I love a good holiday market and this one sounds like it’s going to be fantastic. Keeping in tune with a Georgian …