Lined with restaurants, quaint cafés, bakeries, as well as cheese, wine and flower shops, picturesque Rue Montorgueil was once a popular...

Writer? Some readers have contacted us about their interest in attending our international writing retreats but adding a caveat – that...

Watching acclaimed author Umberto Eco sucking delectable juice from the heads of shrimp while discussing his first best-selling novel...

Magical, mysterious! And strangely, no-one knows how it got its name. It's steeped in Celtic Legend and Lore. Gabhla, or Gola Island,...

‘A magnet,’ a ‘Mecca,’ an ‘incubator,’ a ‘hothouse’ for writers – all these things Paris has been called, and rightly so.’ This is the...

Talking deer, love and romance, ghostly apparitions, magical dancing boots, pirates and smugglers, alien takeover of Earth – these were...

Faery folklore is woven into the social fabric of rural west Donegal with wondrous tales of magic handed down from generation to...

Chelsea Goodrich is a spirited, positive-thinking woman living in Sun Valley, Idaho who is not only an excellent song-writer but also a...

Writers from various parts of the United States including Pennsylvania, Texas and Idaho as well as others from cities such as Dublin and...

Treasure chests almost 500 years old filled with priceless gold coins may lie hidden under the sea off the coast of Donegal – and...

Good news for participants to our mid-March travel retreat – majestic Glenveagh National Park, one of excursions they will enjoy during...

After six years of continued expansion, we are delighted to be named as the only writing retreat among the Top Ten best artistic retreats...

Starting a travel blog can be a lot of fun both as an absorbing new hobby for you and enjoyment for family and friends interested in...

Donegal has produced some of the finest singers in Ireland, a classic example being the renown Aodh-Mac-Ruairi. Euphoric voices like this...

Want to be a seasoned travel writer? See your name in print while enjoying free trips abroad to interesting and historical places? It...

Another week of laughter and tears and fine prose and poetry at ‘Ireland Writing Retreat’ has come to an end as novice & experienced...

Summer greetings from the sun-drenched shores of northwest Donegal (yes, believe it or not, northwestern Ireland has been warmer that...

There’s probably no better teacher of creative writing – specially the crime genre – than an author who is also a medical doctor who has...

Hilarious jokes, live readings, drinks, food and overall communal conviviality (or ‘craic’ in Irish lingo) characterized the...

As the time draws ever closer for the start of Ireland Writing Retreat’s summer week in scenic west Donegal, preparations are underway...