After planning a mother-daughter trip to western Ireland, we agreed that we would drive from one city to the next. Or rather: I would drive. My mother, nervous enough driving in America, wasn't one to ...

There are few places more stunning than the west of Ireland when the sun is shining. Sandy beaches and seaside towns galore, the west of Ireland is home to the Wild Atlantic Way, a fantastic route ...

Western Ireland’s Owenmore River, the site of a pristine wild salmon run, is a tame outlier in the harsh yet beautiful region known as Connemara. The small waterway usually meanders, just barely ...

ACHILL ISLAND, Ireland — Instead of asking if I wanted to see the dessert menu, the waiter took a surreptitious look around the restaurant and asked, sotto voce, “Do you want to go to the coziest pub ...

While the castle-owning crowd wasn’t initially keen on golf—James II and James III banned the game in Scotland in the 1400s—other sovereigns like Mary, Queen of Scots and Charles I didn’t hesitate to ...