Two decades after a memorable visit to the midlands, Martin Claffey returns to the Hidden Heartlands.

FITZGIBBON’s book is an in-depth and fascinating account of William of Orange’s war against his father-in-law, the deposed James II, a Catholic, on Irish shores.

HOW do you get to know a nation? Taste their food? Walk their streets? Read their history? Try clicking through the nearest turnstile, follow the route on the back of your ticket to the seat. And learn.

VICTORIES can be won or lost in just small moments.

Hundreds of unionists gathered at the President’s official residence today for a friendly reception to mark the historic occasion of the Battle of the Boyne.