Ireland – Duty and Pride – Squires Gannon

Squires Gannon statue in Kildare

Ireland – Duty and Pride – Squires Gannon Our Journey to Ireland It was Monday 20th March 2023 at 5:30am when we set off from Cricklade in Wiltshire, heading northwest to Holyhead, along rain drenched roads and in heavy squalling down pours. Eventually we caught the Irish Ferries Swift ferry across the grey and choppy […]

Brittany Ferries Sailing Direct from Rosslare, Ireland to Bilbao, Spain

Brittany Ferries new LNG powered ferry will sail from Rosslare to Bilbao twice a week.

Brittany Ferries’ Salamanca to Sail Rosslare-Bilbao Brittany Ferries have announced the introduction of their new LNG powered ferry to the Ireland-Spain route allowing for passenger travel. Previously the Connemara ran this route but was mainly a freight ferry thus not suited to holiday traffic. Sailing from Rosslare in Ireland’s southeast to Bilbao in northern Spain, […]

Tipperary Named Amongst Best Places to Visit 2022

Conde Nast, one of the world’s largest travel publications has named the Irish county of Tipperary as a top destination for 2022. And we can see why, the county stretches through the middle of Ireland from the River Suir to the River Shannon and is filled with castles, mountains, rivers and lakes. Have you been […]