SONGS from Ireland’s county TIPPERARY
Sliabh na mBan (Slievenamon): A patriotic anthem celebrating Slievenamon, Tipperary’s iconic mountain, originally titled The Maid…
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SONGS from Ireland’s county TYRONE
My County Tyrone: A nostalgic emigration song about leaving Tyrone for London, lamenting the loss…
SONGS from Ireland’s county WATERFORD
Waterford My Home: A nostalgic emigration song celebrating Waterford as home, with references to its…
SONGS from Ireland’s county WESTMEATH
The Westmeath Bachelor: A humorous folk song about a carefree bachelor from Westmeath, celebrating the…
SONGS from Ireland’s county WEXFORD
Boolavogue: A stirring resistance ballad commemorating the 1798 Wexford Rebellion, focusing on Father John Murphy’s…
SONGS from Ireland’s county WICKLOW
Among the Wicklow Hills: A romantic and nostalgic ballad lamenting lost love and emigration, set…
SONGS from Ireland’s county ARMAGH
The Bard of Armagh, often attributed to Patrick Donnelly, made Bishop of Dromore in 1697,…
SONGS from Ireland’s county CARLOW
Follow Me Up to Carlow: A rousing resistance ballad celebrating the victory of Fiach McHugh…
SONGS from Ireland’s county CAVAN
My Cavan Girl: A romantic ballad celebrating a woman from County Cavan, expressing love and…
SONGS from Ireland’s county CLARE
Spancil Hill: A poignant emigration ballad about Michael Considine, a Clareman who left Spancilhill for…
SONGS from Ireland’s county CORK
The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee: A beloved anthem of Cork, celebrating the River…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county DERRY
Derry’s Walled City: Derry is Ireland’s only remaining completely walled city, with its 17th-century walls…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county DONEGAL
Slieve League Cliffs: Slieve League’s sea cliffs, among Europe’s highest, reach 601 metres and were…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county DOWN
Mourne Wall’s Length: The Mourne Wall, built between 1904 and 1922 to enclose a reservoir,…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county DUBLIN
Ha’penny Bridge: Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge, built in 1816, was named for the halfpenny toll once…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county FERMANAGH
Enniskillen’s Island Town: Enniskillen is Ireland’s only island town, situated between Upper and Lower Lough…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county GALWAY
Claddagh Ring Origin: The Claddagh ring, symbolising love, loyalty, and friendship, was first designed in…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county KERRY
Skellig Michael’s Star Wars Role: Skellig Michael, a 6th-century monastic island, was a filming location…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county KILDARE
The highest point fo the Grand Canal near Robertstown is called Lowtown. Curragh’s Horse Racing:…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county KILKENNY
Kilkenny’s Witch Trial: In 1324, Dame Alice Kyteler fled Kilkenny after being accused of witchcraft,…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county LAOIS
Rock of Dunamase: The Rock of Dunamase, a ruined castle, was a wedding gift from…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county LEITRIM
Leitrim’s Smallest population: Leitrim is Ireland’s least populous county, with just over 35,199 residents recorded…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county LIMERICK
Limerick is home to the Ardagh Chalice, an 8th-century silver cup unearthed in 1868 by…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county LONGFORD
Longford’s Corlea Trackway, a preserved Iron Age wooden road dating to 148 BC, is Europe’s…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county MAYO
Mayo’s Clew Bay is said to have 365 islands, one for each day of the…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county MEATH
Meath’s Hill of Tara, an ancient ceremonial site, contains over 30 monuments, including a 5,000-year-old…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county MONAGHAN
Monaghan’s Castle Leslie, a 19th-century estate, has a bathroom with Ireland’s first flushing toilet, installed…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county OFFALY
Offaly’s Clonmacnoise, a 6th-century monastic site, contains over 700 early Christian gravestones, including the Cross…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county ROSCOMMON
Roscommon’s Rathcroghan, a 5,000-year-old archaeological site, includes 240 monuments and is linked to the ancient…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county SLIGO
Sligo’s Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, dating to 3700 BC, contains over 60 tombs, making it one…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county TIPPERARY
Tipperary’s Rock of Cashel, a 12th-century fortress, contains a round tower and a 13th-century cathedral…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county TYRONE
Tyrone’s Gortin Glen Forest Park contains a 400-year-old oak grove, one of the last remnants…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county WATERFORD
Waterford’s Viking Triangle, a 1,000-year-old city area, contains Reginald’s Tower, Ireland’s oldest civic building, built…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county WESTMEATH
Westmeath’s Fore Abbey, founded in the 7th century, has seven wonders, including a spring that…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county WEXFORD
Wexford’s Hook Lighthouse, built in 1172, is one of the world’s oldest operational lighthouses, guided…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county WICKLOW
Wicklow’s Glendalough, a 6th-century monastic site, contains a 30-metre round tower and Saint Kevin’s Kitchen,…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county ARMAGH
Apple Orchard Capital: Armagh is known as the “Orchard County” due to its extensive apple…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county CARLOW
Smallest County: Carlow is the second smallest county in Ireland by area, covering just 897…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county CAVAN
Lough Oughter Castle: Lough Oughter Castle, located on an island in a lake, was a…
Tour GUIDE TRIVIA about Ireland’s county CLARE
Burren’s Lunar Landscape: The Burren, a karst region in Clare, features limestone pavements resembling a…