Wild Nephin National Park from Westport: Ireland's bog wilderness

There are forty-five minutes between Westport's coffee shops and one of the most genuinely remote places in Ireland, and most visitors who pass…

Muckross House and Traditional Farms, Killarney: what to actually see

You'll walk past the jaunting car drivers at the main gate and think "maybe later," and then you'll come back from the house and the gardens and the…

Killarney without a car: jaunting cars, bikes, and everything you can reach on foot

Killarney is one of the only places in Ireland where not having a car is genuinely fine. Maybe even better than fine. The national park surrounds the…

Why Killarney National Park is a national treasure

Killarney National Park covers 26,000 acres of lakes, mountains, native oak woods and gardens, and it is the oldest national park in Ireland. It is…