Destination Ireland Guide

In the tiny village of Ahascragh in County Galway, a new state-of-the-art distillery is changing the way whiskey and gin are made in Ireland. Ahascragh Distillery is Ireland's first zero-energy emissions distillery combining age-old tradition and modern innovation to create sustainable premium Irish spirits. The distillery produces Clan Colla whiskeys and XIN Gin which have won multiple prestigious awards including gold...

Northern Ireland’s royal residence, Hillsborough Castle, is celebrating Irish art with a major expansion of the collection on display in the State Drawing Room. The official residence of His Majesty the King when he visits Northern Ireland, Hillsborough Castle in County Down is an elegant Georgian mansion set within spectacular gardens. The grand house is open to the public for...

Find your perfect Irish pub for International Beer Day With over 7,000 pubs on the island of Ireland, it’s the ideal place to celebrate International Beer Day on 2 August. Here are just a few that have a claim to fame. The oldest Sean’s Bar, Athlone, County Westmeath, is officially the oldest pub in Ireland, having been serving alcohol since AD 900....

The small Moravian village of Gracehill in County Antrim has become Northern Ireland’s first cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site. Gracehill, the only complete Moravian Settlement on the island of Ireland, has been designated as part of the transnational Moravian Church Settlements by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee. It joins Bethlehem, (Pennsylvania, USA), Herrnhut (Germany) and Christiansfeld (Denmark) on the listing. The...

The lesser-known castles and abbeys on the island of Ireland tell fascinating stories of the island’s history and culture and are generally crowd free. Thousands of years of history are etched into the landscape of Ireland and told through the castles, fortresses and monastic sites that greet the traveller around every bend. Some lie in ruins, others stand intact even...