Pól Ó Conghaile
Travel Editor and Travel at Irish Independent
Travel Travel at Freelance
Travel Editor, Irish Independent | Travel Writer w/ @NatGeoTraveller, @RTE, @PatKennyNT et al. | Author, Secret Dublin | He/Him
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3 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Pól Ó Conghaile
From blow-ins to travelling bands, foodie pop-ups to melting pots, the West Cork town of Ballydehob has become a cultural crossroads. What’s its secret? There’s a small plaque near a fork in the road in Ballydehob. Fixed to the wall above an electrical box, it says: ‘As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.’Above it, on a gable wall, is a massive mural of a Blue Nude by French impressionist painter, Henri Matisse.
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3 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Pól Ó Conghaile
New owners have spent €6m on an upgrade of a Drury Street hotel that won regular guests with its centrality and charm. Can it step up without losing its specialness? Brooks has always been a kind of best-kept secret in Dublin for me. Not that it’s off-books or clubby. It’s on booking.com like every hotel, and busy with American tourists when I stayed last week. It’s not particularly hip. There’s no spa, terrace or garden, or much lounging space. But this hotel always had feeling.
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3 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Pól Ó Conghaile
From blow-ins to travelling bands, foodie pop-ups to melting pots, the West Cork town of Ballydehob has become a cultural crossroads. What’s its secret? There’s a small plaque near a fork in the road in Ballydehob. Fixed to the wall above an electrical box, it says: ‘As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.’Above it, on a gable wall, is a massive mural of a Blue Nude by French impressionist painter, Henri Matisse.
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3 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Pól Ó Conghaile
‘Ireland’s magical power’ – a US travel planner lists three things Irish tourism does well, and two it could improveRachel Gaffney encourages her US visitors to resist ‘speed-dating’ with IrelandRachel Gaffney on her travelsRachel Gaffney is a travel planner who books and curates trips for several hundred US visitors in Ireland a year. Born in Cork, living in Dallas, Texas, she spends months travelling around this island every year, and also has years of experience working in hotels.
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1 month ago |
independent.ie | Pól Ó Conghaile
Pól’s Travel Clinic: What are your top Camino tips, and the best routes with some R&R afterwards? In his biweekly Travel Clinic, our travel editor shares his top tips for walking the CaminoQ: What are your top tips for the Camino? What are the best routes to do, with some R&R for afterwards?
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