For some reason, the best air fares always happen at 2:30 a.m. I was up late one night watching old Bandstand videos on YouTube.com when I received a Travel Bargain alert: Houston to Dublin, round ...

One of Ireland's most popular tourist attractions, The Blarney Castle & Gardens, has reopened its Blarney Stone attraction after COVID-19 restrictions. It's said that kissing the Blarney Stone will ...

Michael O’Sullivan gave me a firm handshake and a slap on the back like we were long-lost cousins meeting for the first time. “Did ye know the McCarthys were the Sopranos of Ireland and we were your ...

It's St. Patrick's Day season, and that means it's a time to celebrate all things Irish. Just as this holiday is filled with tradition, so is Irish culture, and one of the most famous customs is ...

Kiss the Blarney Stone and explore the magnificent Blarney estate in Cork. Blarney Castle, outside of Cork City, is one of Ireland’s most famous spots. Ireland has no shortage of castles with ...

I looked through the gap between the stone floor and wall and saw a few people who appeared no larger than a few inches tall on the grass far below. Determined, I turned around, lay down on my back, ...

For more than 200 years, millions have climbed over 120 steps to discover the gift of eloquence! And that's what our very own Valley News Team's Andrea Larson discovered after she kissed the famous ...

I often say that I’m not superstitious. Then I wink. That’s blarney. I am helplessly superstitious. In life and sports. I am a sucker for superstitions. So while I was in Ireland last week on vacation ...

LONDON — Life became ever so slightly more normal in Ireland on Monday as pints were pulled, lockdown hair was trimmed and, for the first time since March 13, the Blarney Stone was kissed — a hugely ...

LONDON (AP) — Life became ever so slightly more normal in Ireland on Monday as pints were pulled and locked-down hair was trimmed for the first time since the middle of March. And for the first time ...

LONDONLONDON — For almost 600 years, nothing has stopped anyone so inclined from kissing Ireland’s Blarney Stone to gain the gift of the gab. No longer. The new coronavirus outbreak that caused the ...

A North Carolina man was rescued from the top of Blarney Castle in Ireland after suffering a heart attack on April 20. “I’m a man who may have been dead walking,” 59-year-old David Motte of Indian ...