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Islands of Ireland: Galway's Pine Island makes for a perfect picture — and mug or cushion

Islands of Ireland: Galway's Pine Island makes for a perfect picture — and mug or cushion

Is this one of our most photographed islands?

Fri, 12 Aug, 2022

Islands of Ireland: Inis Mór than meets the eye

Islands of Ireland: Inis Mór than meets the eye

W HERE to start with this awesome wedge of rock in the Atlantic? At the beginning? But where is the beginning? Inis Mór is a continuation of the Burren, whose limestone beds were laid down in the Carboniferous era 350 million years ago.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020