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Led by experiential travel journalist Eleanor McGillie, we showcase what Ireland has to offer. 🏍️✈️ 💚[email protected] ‘Live It Experience It’ is an Ireland based travel blog which is written by me, Eleanor McGillie, a brand journalist and former news editor. I have travelled to many exclusive locations as well as many hidden gems during my career as a guest of tourism boards and busine

ss owners. I love nothing more than writing about places to stay, places I have enjoyed, food and drink and I love taking part in outdoor activities. As people plan to holiday at home again in 2021, I will write as much travel content as possible in my spare time which will hopefully inspire you to also visit these places. If you run a tourism business and would like to collaborate with me email [email protected] and we’ll see how we can work together. I look forward to sharing my stories with you all.

Ireland is being blessed with sunshine and sunsets this week. How's the sunset looking where you are? Here's our view fr...
24/06/2026

Ireland is being blessed with sunshine and sunsets this week.

How's the sunset looking where you are?

Here's our view from the County Armagh countryside.

24/06/2026

Is this the cutest train in Ireland or what? Has anyone been on it?

Fintown Railway, Co Donegal, travelling alongside Lough Finn.

This narrow gauge railway runs for around 5km through highland scenery, following a restored section of the former County Donegal Railway.

Donegal once had about 200 miles of narrow gauge railway, linking rural communities across the county and carrying people, goods and livestock long before road transport took over. The Fintown line was part of the old route between Stranorlar and Glenties, with Fintown station opening in the early 1900s.

Passenger services on this stretch ended in 1947, with freight continuing for a few more years. The heritage railway reopened in 1995, bringing trains back to the shores of Lough Finn.

Today, it is the only operational railway in Co Donegal.

A short journey, but a serious piece of Donegal history. It was so beautiful seeing it today, filled with tourists all waving up at us. Just fabulous. ☘️💚☘️💚

You may or may not have seen our reel earlier showing the beauty of Heartys Cottage set in rural Co Armagh. It's a fabul...
23/06/2026

You may or may not have seen our reel earlier showing the beauty of Heartys Cottage set in rural Co Armagh. It's a fabulous spot and if you go back to our reel you'll see why.

If you did watch it you'd have caught a glimpse of some serious American muscle!

This Pontiac Firebird Trans Am pulled up alongside our Victory motorbikes - also American.

It was like a scene from Smokey and the Bandit or Knight Rider....

All we needed was a Bell 222 helicopter and a GMC Vandura cargo van!

IYKYK.

23/06/2026

We found our way to Heartys Cottage in Co Armagh and what an amazing Céad míle fáilte in the back of beyond.

This beautiful thatched pub is known for its historic charm, cosie feel, bucket loads of craic and live music.

Not only that, in the not too distant future you'll be able to eat and sleep here too as a multi million pound development will see the creation of glamping pods, the motorhome park is available now and there's going to be a restaurant so we cannot wait to sample the food the chefs will plate up.

Stick it into maps and make sure you visit. We went on our American motorbikes and look what pulled in too - a bit of Smokey & The Banditt - this American Pontiac Trans Am roared up and what a sight.

What a great afternoon spent in the sunshine, surrounded by beautiful flowers and a big thank you to the gentleman who bought us a drink. An act of kindness from a complete stranger.

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh - Anglican - COI admired as the sun set at the weekend, shining a light on its red sandst...
22/06/2026

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh - Anglican - COI admired as the sun set at the weekend, shining a light on its red sandstone walls.

It stands on one of Armagh’s seven hills, overlooking the city’s historic marketplace, on the site where Saint Patrick founded his great church in 445AD.

There has been a Christian church here ever since.

Armagh is Ireland’s ecclesiastical capital and this cathedral is a huge part of that story. The city takes its name from Ard Macha, meaning the Height of Macha.

The building has been changed, repaired and restored many times, but its shape still carries the twelfth-century vision of Archbishop O’Scanlon.

Standing on this famous hill was truly magical on Saturday night as South Ulster Sinfonia played to a packed cathedral. Beethoven, Mozart and Mendelssohn filled the nave, the sound rising into the stone, through the arches and across a building made for voice, music and ceremony.

Ireland’s reputation for music is well earned and classical concerts in buildings like this is pure and simply magical, bringing people into historic places, letting the architecture do what it was built to do - carry sound.

Guided tours and group visits can be arranged through the cathedral. Inside, visitors will find monuments, carved stone, an 11th-century high cross, the tomb of Archbishop Robinson and the burial place of Brian Boru.

Not only does Armagh have its famous two cathedrals and deep ecclesiastical roots, there's good food, festivals, independent shops, Georgian streets, its famous Mall, museum, planetarium and layers of history within walking distance.

Visit Armagh

20/06/2026

Blues, greens, red doors, thatched roofs, ancient castle remains, coffee stops, vantage points, seafood, accommodation, restaurants, dramatic cliffs, dancing flowers - our north coast has it all.

20/06/2026

The beautiful El Galeón Andalucía in Warrenpoint harbour. Walk the gangway, feel the wood, see the canon and sails before this beauty leaves on her voyage to Foyle Maritime Festival - what a sight to behold.

The stunning El Galeón Andalucía in Warrenpoint, Co Down before she sets sail to head to Foyle Maritime Festival.Standin...
20/06/2026

The stunning El Galeón Andalucía in Warrenpoint, Co Down before she sets sail to head to Foyle Maritime Festival.

Standing beside this beauty is something else.

The Galeón Andalucía is an imposing 55-meter-long, six-deck replica of a 17th-century Spanish galleon. Built by the Fundación Nao Victoria, it acts as a floating museum traveling the globe to showcase the maritime history and universal culture of Andalusia.

There'll be many looking to watch her sail down the Lough on Sunday so as soon as we know times, we'll publish those in the comments.

In the meantime, go and see, walk the gangway and walk around this magnificent floating museum. Last night we were too late to get on but we hope to get back on before she heads off. I'd love nothing more than to be on board for the sailing to Derry.

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