Climbing Mount Brandon

Climbing Mount Brandon

… climbing Brandon has been part of an ancient pilgrimage route going back to pre-Christian times. Lughnasa on the last weekend in July was the traditional pilgrimage time… Continue reading

Oil sheikhs?

Ireland now has the exciting prospect of developing an oil industry! Providence Resources has recently upgraded its findings on the Barryroe oil field off the Cork coast to 280 million barrels of oil; an announcement which marks the beginning of the Irish oil industry.  Despite the recent discovery of large reserves of natural gas in … Continue reading