Irish Culture

Discover the American wake — Ireland’s heartbreaking farewell tradition, where communities gathered all night to say goodbye to those emigrating to America, never to return.

What is a cúpla focal and why does it matter? Discover how a few Irish words connect millions to a language that almost disappeared — and why that still matters today.

The Night of the Big Wind swept Ireland in 1839. Discover how this catastrophic storm became Ireland’s most extraordinary measure of time.

Discover the Céide Fields in County Mayo — the world’s oldest enclosed landscape, buried beneath Irish bogland for 5,500 years and rediscovered by chance.

County Monaghan is Ireland’s best-kept secret — a land of rolling drumlins, two world-famous lace traditions, Patrick Kavanagh’s poetry, and a food scene that punches well above its weight. Discover the best things to do and see.

County Derry is home to one of Europe’s finest walled cities, the stunning Causeway coastline, Seamus Heaney’s literary homeland, and the wild Sperrin Mountains. Discover the best things to do and see in this remarkable corner of Ireland.

County Tyrone is Northern Ireland’s largest county and one of its least explored. From 5,000-year-old stone circles at Beaghmore to the Sperrin Mountains hiding Europe’s richest gold deposit, from the O’Neill dynasty’s last stand to a Strabane cottage that shaped American history — discover Ireland’s hidden heartland.

County Fermanagh is one-third lake. From the monastic island of Devenish to the Marble Arch Caves, the Stairway to Heaven and WW2 flying boats on Lough Erne — discover Ireland’s hidden lakeland.

County Armagh is Ireland’s spiritual capital and mythological heartland — from the ancient seat of Ulster kings at Navan Fort to twin cathedrals on opposing hills, the Ring of Gullion’s volcanic landscape, and 6,000 acres of apple orchards that earned it the name ‘The Orchard County’.

County Kildare offers Georgian grandeur at Castletown House, world-class horse racing on the Curragh, Europe’s finest Japanese Gardens, the ancient Bog of Allen, and St Brigid’s Cathedral — all within 45 minutes of Dublin.