There is no checkpoint and no passport control. What does change is the money, your phone, the speed limits and your hire car insurance. A practical guide to crossing the Irish border.
Inishowen is the biggest peninsula in Ireland and the places worth stopping at are spread right across it, which is exactly why people get it wrong. They drive to Malin Head, take the photo, and drive back, and they miss the waterfall, the castle on the rock and the pass over the Urris Hills on
Map of Inishowen: Every Stop on the Inishowen 100 Read More »
Northern Ireland in December: Christmas markets, the Enchanted Winter Garden, winter daylight figures, the Christmas shutdown, and where to go when the country is empty.
Northern Ireland in December: Christmas Markets, Weather and What Is Open Read More »
Northern Ireland in November: the cheapest and emptiest month. Foyle Film Festival, the Armagh Georgian Festival, real weather and daylight figures, and what stays open.
Northern Ireland in November: The Quietest, Cheapest Month Read More »
Northern Ireland in October: real Belfast daylight and weather figures, Derry Halloween dates, autumn colour, what closes at month end, and a four day itinerary.
Northern Ireland in October: Weather, Halloween and What’s On Read More »
Armagh Georgian Festival runs 26 to 29 November 2026. The confirmed programme, the free events most people miss, and the story of the archbishop who rebuilt an entire Irish city in stone.
Armagh Georgian Festival 2026: Dates, What’s On and the Archbishop Who Built the City Read More »
A guide to Derry Halloween 2026, the 40th anniversary of Europe’s biggest Halloween festival: what is confirmed, what happens, whether it is free, how to get there and where to stay when the city sells out.
Derry Halloween 2026: What’s On, Where to Stay and How to Do It Read More »
A guide to Glenevin Waterfall near Clonmany: the walk, the height, parking, the flood that destroyed it in 2017, and the American woman who made it reachable in the first place.
Glenevin Waterfall, Clonmany: The Easiest Great Walk in Inishowen Read More »
A guide to Carrickabraghy Castle on the Isle of Doagh: a thousand years of lords, Sir Cahir O’Doherty’s 1608 rebellion, the restoration project, parking and safety.
Carrickabraghy Castle: The O’Doherty Ruin on the Rock Read More »
The story of La Trinidad Valencera, wrecked at Kinnagoe Bay in 1588 and found by Derry divers in 1971, plus how to reach the bay, the steep road down, parking and safety.
Kinnagoe Bay: Where the Spanish Armada Came Ashore Read More »
