It’s the opposite of a motorway. As I drive into the Cumeengeera Valley, scraggly summer hedgerows slap my wing mirrors. Punky tufts of grass on the boreen work like brushes, scrubbing the car’s ...

Ruffin' it: There isn't any better place to take a walk than this slice of Ireland. Courtesy Helen Cole It’s more than an hour southwest of Killarney, and roughly 2 hours west of Cork. If that doesn’t ...

"Beara," a short film now available to stream for free via the Irish Film Institute's IFI Archive Player, is an exploration of the wild desolation of West Cork. The film begins with a slow zoom in on ...