Banaras and The Ganga
Banaras/Varanasi October 30, 2018 What is India was one of the real reasons maps of India did not exist for…
October 2018
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Sarnath October 28, 2018 By: Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr The more things change the more they stay the same. I have…
County Sligo
October 9, 2018 You know you are in for an adventure when the guide to the house meets you at…
Saint Patricks of Armagh City
October 8, 2018 Armagh is the site of two cathedrals, both on hills and both named after Saint Patrick. Considered…
The Ridiculous and The Sublime
October 8, 2018 John Leslie (later to become Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet of Glaslough) had studied art in Rome…
County Armagh
October 7, 2018 THE ARGORY The Argory got its name from the Irish ‘ard garraidhe’, meaning hill of the garden.…
Clandeboye House and more of Belfast
October 6, 2018 There are no photos allowed inside of Clandeboye, but take it from me, it is a museum.…
Ballywalter Park
October 5, 2018 This Victorian Italianate Palazzo was built by the present owner’s great great great grandfather. Ballywalter Park was…
Mount Stewart House in Ards Peninsular
October 5, 2018 Mount Stewart was created by the Stewart family (later Vane-Tempest-Stewart), holders of the title Marquess of Londonderry…
Wandering Belfast
October 4, 2018 The name Belfast is derived from the Irish Béal Feirsde, which was later spelled Béal Feirste. The…
Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
October 3, 2018 Hillsborough Castle is a beautiful late Georgian mansion built in the 1770s by Wills Hill, first Marquis…