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Top 10 Magical Images Of Mysterious Locations It’s 2021 and the world has changed. But the beauty of Earth’s most mysterious locations remains. These places are steeped in history and legend and make for mesmerizing photographs. Some which are easily accessible have become tourist fodder, while the ones that are harder to reach remain somewhat hidden away except for a series of images taken and posted online by a brave explorer. On this list are just some of the mysterious places around the...

"I’d been trying really hard for so long to connect with audiences, and then suddenly it happened in Ireland," David says. Photo: Derrick Santini Skellig, of course, is a reference to Skellig Michael, the much-mythologised pyramid-shaped island off the coast of Kerry that recently found global fame thanks to its use in one of the Star Wars films. Gray has not yet set foot upon the island — a home for hermit monks for centuries — but he intends to, one day. “When all this [the pandemic...

Courtesy of Kerry Wolfe Isolation is tough—people have had to endure not seeing friends, spending the holidays and milestones without family, and getting to the end of everything on Netflix. But for medieval monks, isolation wasnt only a way of life, but a means to protect all of Christendom. According to the 5th centurys Augustine of Hippo, monks lived in the “City of God,” and their holy work protected those who lived in the “Earthly City,” a.k.a. the rest of us. In other words, the...

Sligo bids for UNESCO World Heritage Site status Updated / Saturday, 6 Feb 2021 19:02 North West Correspondent It stands majestic over Sligo bay - Queen Maeves cairn atop Knocknarae is an iconic monument in the county but its also part of an extensive neolithic landscape with over 85 sites of varying sizes spread across the county.  While Queen Maeves tomb, with 30,000 tonnes of stone capping the mountain, may be the stand-out monument, below it lies many more fascinating sites in places like...

Actor Adrian Dunbar to showcase the coastline of the island of Ireland Two million people across Britain are expected to watch the new Channel 5 series, Adrian Dunbar’s Coastal Ireland, writes Shauna McCrudden Actor Adrian Dunbar (centre) during filming outside John B Keane’s Bar in Listowel, Co Kerry, with Des Burke, Tourism Ireland (left); and writer and publican Billy Keane (right) Images of our breathtaking coastline will be beamed into the homes of an estimated two million people acr...

Belfasts Emma-Rosa Dias is the founder and MD of Afro-Mic Productions, which produced the show ANYONE afflicted by the cabin fever of lockdown – ie, pretty much everyone reading this – should tune in to Adrian Dunbars Coastal Ireland tomorrow night on Channel 5 for an hour-long therapeutic dose of the great outdoors. Filmed last September as travel restrictions eased, this visually stunning two-part travelogue from Belfasts Afro-Mic Productions finds the Co Fermanagh-bred Line of Duty star ...

05 February 2021 Share with: David Gray will release his twelfth studio album, Skellig, via Laugh a Minute Records / AWAL Recordings on February 19, 2021 on digital formats, with CD & vinyl to follow in May. The second LP to be produced by Ben de Vries, the thirteen-track album departs from the shimmering electronics of 2019’s Gold In A Brass Age and embarks on a sparser, communal soundscape with the atmospheric songs centring themselves around six-part vocals with Gray trading his signature...

“I would hope that the Government would still support those small, struggling independent theatre companies and also maybe look to the built architecture of the theatres because we can’t let them get into disrepair. “They are part of the fabric of the country,” he said. “The Frank Matcham theatres in the West End in particular are incredible pieces of architecture,” Dunbar said of the designer behind dozens of venues, including the London Palladium, Blackpool Grand and London Colise...

Line of Duty: Adrian Dunbar opens up on prospect of a seventh series The Fermanagh actor has spoken about the long-awaited new series of the show Adrian Dunbar on the set filming Line of Duty series 6 in Belfast (Image: Liam McBurney/PA Wire) Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Some...

Funding has been secured for two new loop walks in South Kerry. The South Kerry Development Partnership CLG (SKDP) secured funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development, for looped walks at Castlequin and Ballykissane. Almost €17,000 (€16,659) was granted for the 7km looped walk at Castlequin, with views of Dingle Bay, the Blaskets, and Skellig Michael along the route. Just over €15,000 (€15,053) was granted for the 6.5km Ballykissane loop, which will run along public r...