(iStock/The pubs in Dublin are a great draw for visitors.) Dublin is an adorable city rich in history, literary figures, nature and Guinness, and there’s plenty to do there.

I haven’t been to Ireland in a few years, and the longing is starting to ache. I miss the electric landscape of the wild Atlantic West Coast: Galway, Clare, Kerry and Cork. I miss the peat ...

One of Ireland's most familiar institutions - the little gnarled old man in the corner of the pub emitting a mix of pipe smoke and philosophical observations - is fast becoming an endangered ...