Ireland

• 1 St Patrick's Day: all the craic in Dublin
  St Patrick's Day is an excuse to celebrate all things Irish, and Dublin is all set with music, dancing and street performances, fun fairs and walking tours, and, of course, the highlight, the grand St...

• 2 Inspirational Dublin pubs


  It is impossible not to be inspired by Dublin. Whether it's the worn cobblestones of the Temple Bar district or the aroma of Guinness along the River Liffey, there's something about the Irish capital that...

• 3 'The Quiet Man' movie trail
  For the film, the American director of Irish descent created the now mythical town of Innisfree as a setting for the love story between the former boxer Sean Thornton, portrayed with a gentle warmth...

• 4 The natural wonders of the world
  The idea of listing the wonders of the world is hardly a new thing. The historian Herodotus compiled his own list way back in the fifth century BC, and from then on many have been unable to resist the...

• 5 The castle gems of the Emerald Isle
  From Cork to Antrim, from Mayo to Offaly, practically every Irish county boasts its castle, and the country is dotted with these great monuments. Whether you choose to go visiting the romantic ruins of...

• 6 Go green for St Paddy's Day
  If he were alive today, St. Patrick would probably find it all a bit hard to believe. Ireland, the country where he's the patron saint, may be a relatively small place, but more than a million people are...