John Millington Synge

This small outcrop on the edge of Europe, with its reefs, promontories and blankets of bog is steeped in artistic history

The city is full of ghosts ... in the house where Wilde grew up, the library where Yeats studied

It is said the stitches in Aran jumpers were like unique family crests. Could this be true?

Set on 1.45 acres of land, the property looks directly over the Avonmore river

The Nobel laureate’s early enthusiasm for a brave old world of glorious Celtic warriors ended in postwar disillusion and disgust

Among this year’s essential exhibitions is Lynch’s Biennale show, which will tour Ireland after Italy

Charlotte Riddell’s ‘A Struggle For Fame’ is first in new ‘Recovered Voices’ series

After winning a scholarship to spend transition year in the Gaeltacht, Joy Flaherty loved island life so much that she’s staying for Leaving Cert. Here she recounts a week in her life

This lavish paragon of Victorian elegance has all the original features you would expect in a period home and is set on an exclusive road where there has been heated trading activity in recent times

Would that Carl Clancy could see Paris now, with its swarms of motorcycles

This late-Georgian cottage in the Dublin mountains, once the home of artist Seán Keating, has been transformed into a bright, atmospheric space. It has views across Dublin Bay to Howth Head and Lambay Island