Chambers at Large

People can be divided into those who research thoroughly where they are going when travelling and those who don’t. I am in the latter...

Less than an hour from where I live is Lough Key, a lake hosting over thirty islands and some spectacular scenery. I took a drive around...

A hundred and twenty kilometres north of where I live is a different world. A verdant world where Irish is spoken by young and old, where...

I love anything to do with space, the cosmos, galaxies, suns, stars, moons, planets... Astronomy fascinates me, even though I find some...

The town of Kildare in the county of the same name is not the county town (which is Naas) and certainly not the county’s biggest, which...

Situated a few miles outside Athlone, is one of the oldest ecclesiastical settlements in Ireland: Clonmacnoise, which means Meadow of the...

Covid-19 has certainly put a stop to my gallop this year, but I’ve made Clones in County Monaghan my second home and on the weekend...

Less than an hour from where I live is Lough Key, a lake hosting over thirty islands and some spectacular scenery. I took a drive around...

Staycation is the keyword of summer 2020 and whilst the Covid 19 pandemic rages I decided to explore a few places a little closer to home....

One of my favourite towns in Ireland is Donegal, set on the coast in the North West. It isn’t a big town, but it is a very welcoming one...

In 2003 The Arigna Mining Experience opened its doors to the public and I was one of the first people to visit the coal mine, which...

Thirty years ago I went to Cairo to see the pyramids. Today, I visited tombs older than this Seventh Wonder of the World and they are...

Captain Francisco de Cuellar was one of the few sailors to wash up onto Streedagh Beach in North Sligo, Ireland in 1588 following a...

On July 20th 1969 I can clearly remember being woken in the early hours of the morning by my father to watch Neil Armstrong step onto the...

I am a staunch supporter of Dublin Zoo, thus when I heard there was a zoo in Belfast I had to go. Belfast Zoo, a 55-acre site, plays a...