Great Irish Road Trips is Nicola Brady’s new guide to Ireland’s most unforgettable journeys. In this extract, she brings to ...

For travellers, going to extremes can be rewarding – especially if you choose Malin Head, the northernmost point of Ireland. Standing on the raw edge of Europe, where the land crumbles into the ocean, ...

The name poitin, or poteen, is derived from the ancient gaelic words for "small pot" and "small drink" County Donegal is best known for its spectacular countryside, unspoiled beaches and relaxed pace ...

This week, I shall arise and go to Inishowen. With apologies to William Butler Yeats, I propose not a visit to the lake isle of Innisfree, County Sligo, but the peninsula of Inishowen, County Donegal.

Pól Ó Conghaile goes off the beaten track in search of Donegal’s hidden treasures. Paddle your own canoe It's flat calm on Lough Foyle, a perfect day for a paddle. Hooking up with Adrian Harkin of ...

For many years poetry was my cultural blind spot. I’m not going to blame this on my own literary failings, of course, but on a secondary schoolteacher who failed to convey his own joy of verse to a ...