Our wonderful summer of travel, discovery, friends, and family has come to an end. We traveled to seven countries, stayed in 17 hotel...

Set on a dramatic outcrop of limestone in the Golden Vale, the Rock of Cashel, iconic in its historic significance, possesses the most...

Kinsale is a very cute town near the Charles Port. Kinsale is a town on the southern coast of Ireland, in County Cork. Two 17th-century...

As one of the country's largest military installations, Charles Fort has been part of some of the most momentous events of Irish history....

We left Killarney on Sunday morning and headed to Blarney Castle and gardens. Linda, Martha, and I have already kissed the stone. For a...

We are off to the Dingle Peninsula this morning. The Dingle Peninsula, on Ireland’s southwest Atlantic coast, is ringed by sandy beaches...

What a beautiful drive. I was skeptical, but was proved completely wrong. The pictures tell the story.

We began the day in the walled garden at Dromoland Castle. Then it was on to Bunratty Castle, a 15th century tower house in county Clare....

When we began working with Butler Tours (awesome company) we weren’t sure what we wanted. We let them make the basic plan. And then I...

We walked to the top of the cliffs and then we got on a boat and saw the cliffs from the water. One word: spectacular The Cliffs of Moher...

Today, August 10, 2022 is a freaking banner day. It is my father’s 94th birthday! And my niece Kathryn and her husband Tim, had a...

We are off First stop 11 O'Sullivan Street, the birthplace of my Grandfather, John F Thompson on September 11, 1895. On our way out of...

The cousins arrived! Left to right: Lorraine, Linda, Martha, Eileen, Teri, and Maggie. Mary Street! Miss her everyday and even more on...

We are off to Dublin for a week with our cousins. I’ll introduce them later. We trained from Belfast to Dublin. Every station has its own...

Did you know the Titanic was built in Belfast Harbor? Do you wonder, as I do, if there’d be all the museums about the ship if it hadn’t...

Murals in Northern Ireland (NI) have become symbols of NI, depicting the region’s past and present political and religious division....

Northern Ireland is known for many, many things, aside from the Troubles. There’s The Giants Causeway, Ulster (the other name depending...

When we were on the Iceland/Greenland cruise, we participated in trivia contests almost daily. One day, they hosted Game of Thrones...

Linda is in the house!!!!!!! (My sister in case you didn’t know). And, in Belfast it’s elephants, not giraffes… And, they have a Hell Cat...

Holywood Golf Club is the home of Rory McIlroy. I knew this going in, but I did not know there are trophies there and the staff is nice...