A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

One of the best ways to experience this is by touring the Wild Atlantic Way. Snaking along Ireland's wild and raw west coast for some 1,600 miles, this route not only brings visitors face-to-face ...

Puffins are late arrivals to the island, joining the hundreds of thousands that swarm the island for the nesting season ...

Plus, it hosts diverse landscapes on its doorstep – the dramatic Atlantic coastline to the west; boggy lakeland ... working lighthouses around the coast of Ireland, and offers overnight lodging ...

Shirley Walsh, the proprietor of Shirley’s, gets her fish direct from the family boat, and her food truck is just one of the ...

On the west coast of Ireland, the Cliffs of Moher drop some 509 feet to the Atlantic Ocean, making for one of the country’s most iconic attractions with more than 1 million visitors a year.

Meanwhile, the Wild Atlantic Way along the West Coast gives meaning to the country's "Emerald Isle ... The park was the first national park in Ireland, created when the Muckross Estate was donated to ...