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Traditional food for an Irish Halloween
In times past and just as much today, an Irish Halloween is a harvest festival celebrated with a feast for the family. With the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain falling on the last day of October and start of November, the harvest was in, food was plentiful and a huge feast of seasonal fare played […]
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Dublin, Dracula and the stories of the undead
The world’s most famous vampire was the creation of Dubliner Bram Stoker, who was inspired by the city and Ireland’s tales of the undead. Born in Clontarf, Dublin in 1847, at the height of Ireland’s Great Famine, Abraham Stoker was a sickly child who spent many of his early years bedbound. During this time his […]
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Ghostly goings on across the island of Ireland
Ireland isn’t short of a ghost or three, and Halloween is the perfect time for eerie encounters. Haunted houses, cursed castles and all manner of spooky spaces are to be found across the island of Ireland. Each with their own tale to tell, they attract lovers of the supernatural who are keen to glimpse a […]
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New viewing case for Ireland’s precious Book of Kells
One of Ireland’s most important cultural treasures has a new state-of-the-art home that enhances viewing and safeguards it for future generations. The famous ninth-century Book of Kells, housed in Trinity College Dublin’s Old Library, has been moved to a specially designed viewing case in the newly refurbished Treasury. Manufactured by the Italian company that designed […]
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Mark’s Irish Fisherman’s Pie
Irish Fisherman’s Pie.. The perfect family meal using fresh fish! Ingredients 200g hake, skinned and boned 200g cod, skinned and boned 200g smoked haddock, skinned and boned 200g salmon, skinned and boned Sea salt 1 leek, sliced 200g frozen peas 1 onion, finely sliced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 300ml leftover white wine 1 fish stock […]
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Celtic Ireland, where Halloween all began
Halloween is coming – but did you know it is Ireland we have to thank for the most popular customs and traditions at the most unearthly time of year? The Irish are famous for concocting a bewitching cauldron of mystery and merriment at Halloween time, and little wonder, Ireland is where it all began. Trace […]
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Golfers: a traditional Royal Portrush welcome awaits
A newly released Tourism Ireland video showcases the Northern Irish venue for the 148th Open Championship one year on. Twelve months on from Irishman Shane Lowry’s epic victory in The Open Championship at Royal Portrush, the video is a reminder that the magnificent links course on the Causeway Coastal Route remains the perfect place to […]
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Healthy and Safe Vacationing Together, Here in Québec!
Now that summer is in full swing and that travellers are responding to our invitation to say Bonjour Québec, the Alliance de l’industrie touristique du Québec would like to reiterate the importance of complying with the current sanitary guidelines, to ensure our collective health and safety, particularly the obligation to wear masks in closed public spaces […]
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10 MAGICAL LANDMARKS & ATTRACTIONS IN SCOTLAND
From mystical stones to fairytale-like castles and gingerbread houses, Scotland simply oozes magic. Fire your children’s imagination when you take them on a day out to Scotland’s magical, mystical places. Some of our attractions are so whimsical, they deserve to be seen through a child’s eyes. These are places where fertile imaginations are fed, where wee ones can become giants […]
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SPECTACULAR DAY HIKES IN LAKE LOUISE
Crouching atop the crown of the Big Beehive, I gaze down 500 m (1,640 ft) to the turquoise waters of Lake Louise sparkling in the sunlight below. The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise stands sentinel at the water’s edge. The vertical contrast is absolute, the view magnificent. It’s a well-deserved prize after our 4.5 km (3 […]