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Weekly Comment:
Irish America’s Travel Archives Are Now Live

By Irish America Staff
November 3, 2017

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Irish America officially launched its travel archives today, giving you the best access to all the inspiration you need to plan your Irish getaway. ℘℘℘ Irish America has thrived in providing the best travel writing about Ireland since it's founding 32 years ago. Until now though, that writing has been without a dedicated home on our archives page. But today, we have compiled … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Irish America’s Travel Archives Are Now Live

Kerry: The Beautiful Kingdom (Photos)

By John Wesson

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Photographer John Wesson on the landscape and people of Kerry that captured his imagination more than 30 years ago. I am lucky enough to have had a long association with Kerry, having returned on a regular basis for nearly 30 years. Each year I spend more and more time in “The Kingdom.” In most of Kerry, and certainly in the south and west, you are never very far from the sea … [Read more...] about Kerry: The Beautiful Kingdom (Photos)

Record-Breaking Year for Irish Tourism

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
August / September 2017

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For the first time since figures have been recorded, more than one million North Americans visited Ireland in 2016. The numbers were released in June by Fáilte Ireland. “While we have known for some time that 2016 was a record year for tourism, this week’s report adds more layers to our understanding of that performance,” Caeman Wall, head of research at the National Tourism … [Read more...] about Record-Breaking Year for Irish Tourism

Salmon, Mead, and Sunsets at Ireland’s Oldest Working Lighthouse

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2017

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Hook Lighthouse, located on the Hook Head peninsula in County Waterford, has expanded its tourism offerings this year by introducing sunset tours to capitalize on the vast seascapes and glorious colors of the Irish Sea. “Watching the sun go down at the tip of the Hook Peninsula is a memorable experience. The lighthouse watch-room offers spectacular panoramic views underneath … [Read more...] about Salmon, Mead, and Sunsets at Ireland’s Oldest Working Lighthouse

Reading West Cork

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
August / September 2017

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A trip to the West Cork Literary Festival turns into an unexpected and inspiring look at Bantry Bay and the people who call it home. In the words of Man Booker Prize-winner Anne Enright, “Ireland is a series of stories that have been told to us.” For me, Enright’s words couldn’t have rung truer. My father’s stories of growing up in Country Cork, told to me as a child, had the … [Read more...] about Reading West Cork