East Coast and Midlands Travel Guide

The Jeanie Johnson, docked at Custom House Quay on the north banks of the River Liffey in Dublin’s city centre, is a replica of a Famine ship which brought impoverished Irish people from  from Tralee in County Kerry to America in search of a better life between 1847 and 1855. Visitors can board the Jeanie Johnson to  experience what the cramped conditions were like on these “coffin ships” for the millions of people to made the voyage to... Read More

Open House Dublin, Ireland’s annual architecture festival, takes place next weekend, from 7th to the 9th October. For three days, more than 120 public and private buildings all over the city open their doors to visitors, who are free to explore the style and design of their interiors. Tours of the buildings will be given free of charge by architecture professionals and enthusiasts. The new Gibson Hotel. Photo by Donal Murphy. The theme of this... Read More

The River Liffey is the life force of Dublin city, and there is no better light in which to view it than at sunset, when the sky’s oranges, pinks and blues mingle and shimmer in the water below, framed by the reflection of the Georgian buildings which flank the river on either side. The iconic image of the sun setting over the Liffey has been repeatedly used down through the years in the opening and closing credits for Ireland’s most popular... Read More