Chalk & Cheese Travels
The Road Trip So it’s road trip time, the first as a family of 4, with an 8 month old and 2 year old the challenge was getting to witness great sights in the west of Ireland but bringing enough entertain and incorporating some kids activities. You may say a real “Chalk and Cheese” trip. […]
Bective Stud stay After some searching at self catering accommodation, for our family trip away to Navan we came across this stunning accommodation in the active Bective Stud Farm. For bookings See Here for booking details on these apartments Location The accommodation is located a short 10 minutes from Navan, County Meath. Also a small […]
Location County Roscommon, Ireland located in the midwest. It makes up 1 part of 5 counties of the province of Connaught, alongside Sligo, Galway, Leitrim and Mayo. With the 3 County Roscommon towns, Boyle and Castlerea. The county is the 11th largest of the 32 at 2548 sq metres, however 27th largest in regards to […]
Mote Park Roscommon Towards the back end of 2020 we had bought a house just outside the town of Roscommon and during these days of limited travel we decided to explore what was available to us on our doorstep. After some advice we were delighted to find a Roscommon Park like Mote Park, which was […]
Killala County Mayo Location The beautiful town of Killala and the Killala Bay are is situated just 15 minutes north of Ballina in County Mayo. Its a very small, peaceful and beautiful spot for a stop off an a quick wander. Steeped in history and a perfect location for fishing A Brief History Killala has […]
Lough Rynn Castle A Brief History Lough Rynn lies on the original historic grounds of the medieval estate and castle of Mac Raghnaill family. The Mac Raghnaill castle was situated at the opposite side to where the castle now lies. And below is all that remains of that original castle. In 1883 Robert Bermingham, viscount […]
Glencar Waterfall Just 10 mins north of Sligo at lies the beautiful Glencar Waterfall, lough, walk and hike. Although so close to Sligo it it’s actually in county Leitrim. This Leitrim waterfall itself is a large 50 ft waterfall, and has a loop walk where you get right up close to the waterfall and come […]
