It is now August – as always, the summer is just shooting on by. The heat wave finally broke here, and today was actually downright chilly. In New England, August is the hottest and muggiest month of ...

A new hotel opposite Trim Castle in Meath, which was at the centre of a heated planning row, opens for business tomorrow. Trim Castle Hotel has been built on a battleground in more ways than one. The ...

Trim Castle is one of the finest examples of Norman architecture still standing in Ireland today, writes Eileen Battersby. Their legacy has long outlived their days of power and reminders of this ...

Trim Castle, the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, was constructed over a thirty-year period by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter. Hugh de Lacy was granted the Liberty of Meath by King Henry II in ...

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