Reporting from Kilmaine, Ireland — Ireland is a proudly haunted island, its landscape defined by ancient cairns and standing stones, by ruined abbeys, castles and cottages. The spectral comes in many ...

A magnificent Irish castle that earned recognition as one of the 'Top 10 Attractions in Ireland' in 2022 and 2023 is being celebrated as an essential destination, not only for its picturesque vistas ...

Few sights spark the imagination more than that of an ancient castle rising above the mystical Irish countryside. And with more than 30,000 castles and castle ruins dotting the emerald landscape, the ...

From the cobbled courtyards of Kilkenny Castle to the immersive halls of the EPIC Museum in Dublin, Ireland's tourist ...

If you’ve ever dreamed that you’re an aristocrat languishing in your silk stockings, enjoying the ennui in your country pile, you’ve dreamed of Ashford Castle, an 800-year-old manor in County Mayo. It ...

The rugged landscape of Game of Thrones, which is filmed in Ireland, inspired us to round up our favorite Irish castles. The show has brought a new tourism industry to the country, which now includes ...

The Corscadden family in Ireland owns more castles than the Windsors (four to the royals three, although the queen does, of course, have a slew of palaces, lodges, halls, and manors that she and other ...

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 ...

Want to be king of your own castle? Where better to do it than in Ireland, where the rugged landscape — and torrid history — has left a lasting legacy on the landscape: a near limitless supply of ...

We’re always up for a good ghost story. And we especially love a good haunted house yarn. We want to hear as many supernatural tales about specters roaming ancients homes as we can. Whether or not ...

Get ready to make like royalty in these incredible Irish castles that let you step back into history: They're all available for rent on HomeAway.com or Airbnb.com. For the ultimate Irish fairy-tale ...

If a man’s home is his castle, what if his castle is his hotel? In Ireland, such a stay isn’t mere hyperbole. A number of historic manors and estates offer swanky five-star accommodations within their ...