The Mystic Isle

Inishbofin is an island that lies roughly eleven kilometres off the coast of north-west Connemara. A vibrant star in the galaxy of islands that guards Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, it is a place that has borne witness to a history as rich and interesting as anywhere else in the country.

Connemara

Ireland’s West is a wonder to behold. From the artistry and magic of her centuries-old stone walls that crisscross the rolling green hills to the rocky, untamed shores of the Atlantic, Connemara is a veritable feast for the senses.

Renvyle

Ireland’s west coast, one of the finest wilderness areas surviving in Europe today, remains a bastion of traditional landscape and culture.

AdventureMeghn Hill27 February 2017Ireland Landscape, Michael Gibbons, Mark Furniss, Connemara, Renvyle Peninsula, Ireland History, The Great Famine, 2015 Issue

An Gorta Mór

The Irish and their bittersweet love affair with the potato appeared to have started in 1589, courtesy of the Elizabethan adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh, who brought potatoes to Ireland.

CultureMeghn Hill20 February 2017Ireland History, Simon Leyland, Mark Furniss, The Great Famine, Potatoes, Sir Walter Raleigh, Youghal, Sir Robert Peel, Corn Laws, European History, Blue Potatoes, Phytophthora infestans, 2015 Issue