Found this little guy last weekend as I walked on Loftus Bay. He is a fossilised Sponge approximately 340 million years old (Lower Carboniferous). Sponges are marine based animals and would have generally lived their lives attached to the seafloor. Feeding by filtering food particles out of the water through their bodies. When this guy…
Booley Bay is home to some of the most amazing geology on the hook peninsula. Pictured below are Late Cambrian (approx. 500 million years ago) turbidites consisting of sandstones and shales. These rocks would have been deposited in a marine environment at a time when Ireland would have been located close to the south pole…
The Kings Bay Inn Pub, re-opened on the 7th July 2017. The KBI cafe opened September 2nd serving a wide variety of foods which are simply divine.
Mark and Emma Hewlett welcome you to Kilmokea, a Georgian house built in 1794. It has been lovingly restored and stands amidst seven acres of heritage gardens.
The Norman view motorhome park located on Ireland’s Ancient East.
A new addition to Ramstown Farm – farmed by three generations of the Chapman family.
The motorhome park boasts spectacular sea-views, stretching across Bannow Bay, Kilmore Quay, the Saltee Islands and Baginbun Head.
Six-spot Burnet’s have been seen in the area and are very common throughout Europe. These day flying moths are strikingly coloured metallic black with crimson spots, just to remind you that they contain cyanide!! They can be found especially on hot, sunny days from June to August. This individual is feeding off nectar from Ragwort…
The newly refurbished Tintern Abbey Tea Rooms are situated in the grounds of Tintern Abbey and adjacent to Colclough Walled Garden. Offering indulgent freshly made baked goods as well as homemade lemonade, traditional tea and freshly ground Coffee.
Light up your day at Hook Lighthouse, 800 years of light keeping. One of the Oldest Lighthouses in the World, a favourite with Lonely Planet and Tripadvisor. Marking the entrance to Waterford Harbour at the mouth of the Three Sisters river system for over 800 years.
A Cistercian Abbey, founded c. 1200 by William, the Earl Marshall, and named after Tintern Abbey in Wales. The remains consist of nave, chancel, tower, chapel and cloister.
Dunbrody Abbey was founded for the Cistercian Order by Herve de Montmorency in the years following the Norman invasion of Ireland circa 1170.
