The best pubs in County Sligo according to Ireland’s biggest pub poll of 2026. See the current rankings and cast your vote.

Doe Castle sits at the water’s edge on Sheephaven Bay in County Donegal — one of Ireland’s best-preserved and least-visited medieval castles, and the stronghold that watched the Gaelic world end in 1607. Plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.

To trace your Donegal ancestors, you need civil registration records, Catholic parish registers, Griffith’s Valuation, and — in many cases — the Public Record Office …

Photo: John Martin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) The 1926 Irish Census is now searchable online for free, and for anyone with Irish roots, …

Doolin and Dingle both claim the title, but Ireland’s traditional music runs deeper than any one town. Here’s where to find authentic sessions and what to expect when you arrive.

In 1900, nine out of every ten whiskeys drunk on Earth were Irish. By 1980, two distilleries were left in the entire country. This episode covers how that happened, and how Irish whiskey came back.

Canterbury Tail, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Soda Farl Recipe: The Soft Griddle Bread at the Heart of the Ulster Fry If you have …

The Burren looks like nowhere else in Ireland — a limestone landscape that confused geologists for a century. This episode explains what you’re actually looking at.

Classiebawn Castle sits at the edge of Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo — a real, visitable place, and the site of one of the defining events of …

Most visitors photograph Kylemore Abbey from across the lake and move on. Almost none of them are told why it was built, or what happened …