Westport House: the estate, the grounds, and what to expect

The house sits lower than you'd expect. Coming up the driveway from Westport, through the trees, you're half-braced for something that announces…

Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen of Clew Bay

She was fifty-six years old when she sailed from Connacht to Greenwich to negotiate face to face with Queen Elizabeth I. Neither spoke the other's…