Stinging nettles are the equivalent to North American poison ivy, although the rash is not as bad. Thankfully, Ireland has ...

BRUCKLESS, Ireland — Many visitors to Ireland make the trip in search of heritage, tracking down ancestors in obscure villages and wandering through ancient churches, pursuing the dream of a verdant, ...

Ireland’s countryside is one of the greatest gifts the island has. From the crash of the Atlantic waves off the west coast to our stunning mountains from the Mournes to the Reeks, there is beauty from ...

I went because: The countryside is beautiful and so was the deal. Don't miss: The castle ruins, which are hard to miss, but do a bus/train tour anyway, even if, like us, you aren't bus-tour people.

For more than a month in the summer and autumn of 2003 the story dominated the headlines in Northern Ireland. Big cats - thought to be a panther and a puma - were on the loose on the north coast.