Category: Travel

Down the laneway off St Peter’s Road along the side of Dalymount Park are numerous murals painted over the years relating to Bohemians Football Club (aka BOHS) and beyond.  Current murals include ‘Gypsy Woman’ and ‘Pele’ by Niall O’Lochlainn. The Pele mural recalls when his Santos side faced a selection of players from Bohemians In 1972. A […]

Operation Dragoon, known in French as the Débarquement de Provence (or Provence Landing), is a little-known event in English-speaking countries, yet it plays a disproportionate role in the French perception of World War II. Starting on August 15, 1944, the Allies launched a naval assault on southern France to liberate the country more quickly. (It […]

Located at the foot of Knott Hill, Gamelands is an embanked stone circle emblematic of the Neolithic to Early Bronze Age period. Stone circles served an important role within prehistoric communities, as evidenced by the many such sites scattered throughout the British Isles. Experts believe they provided a setting for ritual or ceremonial activities and […]

Tucked away in Queretaro’s historical center, this museum tells the dramatic story of Mexico’s fight to reclaim its republic. The building itself, a former Capuchin convent, plays an important role in that history. It is the site where Mexico’s last emperor, Maximilian I, an Austrian archduke installed by France’s Napoleon III, was imprisoned before he […]

At the Tytyri Mine Experience, you can descend nearly 100 meters underground in an elevator that plunges through solid granite in just seconds, greeted with the stillness only found in the deep depths of rock. As you walk through the mine, you’ll learn about the history of the men and women who once trudged down […]