Ah, the day was glorious! We drank our coffee and loaded the car for the trip to Dublin to visit Kilmainham Gaol and Glasnevin Cemetery. We were lucky that we had seen no rain so far, but we always ...

TO COMMEMORATE the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising, Kilmainham Gaol, which had been in a state of ruin for years, was put into order and was opened as a sort of national shrine. In November, ...

Dublin’s ever-changing skyline can take you by surprise sometimes, even when you think you’re familiar with it. So it was in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham recently when, walking around ...