The Burren, County Clare: Limestone Pavement, Arctic Flowers & Mediterranean Orchids
The Burren in County Clare is unlike anywhere on earth — Arctic flowers grow beside Mediterranean orchids on 250 square miles of bare limestone pavement.
The Burren in County Clare is unlike anywhere on earth — Arctic flowers grow beside Mediterranean orchids on 250 square miles of bare limestone pavement.
The Cailleach Bhéara carved Ireland’s wild landscapes. This ancient Irish goddess still receives offerings at sacred sites in Kerry and Cork today.
Found only in one narrow valley in County Galway, Connemara marble is a 600-million-year-old green stone that millions in the Irish diaspora carry as a physical connection to home.
Hand-woven in Donegal cottages for centuries, this speckled Irish cloth still captivates the world’s finest tailors. Discover the remarkable story of Donegal tweed.
The Fleadh Cheoil is Ireland’s great music feast, where 400,000 visitors descend on one town each summer for sessions that last until dawn.
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Somewhere in the Irish countryside — a quiet boreen, a field…
Watch any Irish dancer and the first thing you notice isn’t the flying feet. It’s the arms — pin-still at the sides, rigid as soldiers, not moving an inch…