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Situated in the beautiful Ashford estate, Wilde’s at the Lodge at Ashford Castle is the award winning restaurant under the excellent stewardship of head chef Jonathan Keane. Wilde’s at the Lodge at Ashford Castle takes over the top floor of the impressive Lodge offering panoramic views of Lisloughrey harbour and Lough Corrib. Upon arrival we were greeted and seated by assistant restaurant manager Joseph, who is equal parts charming and informative.

Week III. It took two years since Col Richard Martin’s wife Eliza eloped with John Petrie, a merchant, before the long process of divorce in the 18th century could begin. It promised to be a sensational case given the status of Martin, a larger than life character, one of the largest landowners in Ireland, his reputation as duellist, and his enormous popularity for his gift of mimicry and acting.

In the 1860s, 20 years after Charles Dickens expressed his disgust at the living conditions in the vastly over-crowded tenements of New York’s ‘Five Points’, in Lr East Side, the situation simply got worse.

Travelling abroad in 2020 has pretty much been a no go option for most of us due to the pandemic. No doubt our travelling itches are growing more irritable by the day so Matt Cassidy is here to provide a few suggestions on where we should go next year (fingers crossed). Here he starts his South American adventure in Buenos Aires.

For any visitor to Dublin in the early 19th century, to miss seeing the great Daniel O’Connell would have made their visit almost worthless. William Makepeace Thackeray, on the threshold of becoming one of the greatest writers of the English language, spent three months touring Ireland in 1842 collecting his impressions of the ‘manners and the scenery’ of the country and its people, for his successful Irish Sketch Book published some years later. Back in Dublin at the conclusion of his tour he lost no time heading to the Mansion House to see the Liberator in person.*

The intriguingly titled ‘Prosecco by the Pitch’ takes place in The Bounty prior to Buccaneers AIL Division 2A league encounter with MU Barnhall on Saturday, February 29.

The Connemara Coast Hotel is celebrating after restaurant supervisor Kresimir Beric was chosen as the IHF Connacht Region Employee of the Year for 2020.

One of Galway’s most iconic hotels has been renamed — with the former Hotel Meyrick to be now known as The Hardiman — a member of the Choice Hotel Group.

Looking to visit South America; check out Buenos Aires, says Matt Cassidy.

To describe Pat Divilly as determined is something of an understatement. One gets a sense that there is literally nothing he cannot do. The 27-year-old does not set limits and is constantly pushing himself outside of his comfort zone. His life motto is to keep moving forward, and that he is certainly doing.