The Journal

Longer reads from around the county.

Field notes, guides, opinion and the occasional love letter to Carlow's back roads.

2026-01-14 · Editorial

48 Hours in Carlow: The Perfect Weekend

From Norman ruins at dawn to a candlelit table by nightfall — here's how to spend two days in Ireland's smallest inland county.

Read the piece

2025-11-02

Beyond Altamont there's a whole quiet world of walled gardens, follies and wild meadows. Bring a flask.

2025-09-19

Where the players actually go on a Wednesday night. Yes, we asked them.

2025-06-08

The 114km Barrow Way in bite-sized sections you can do in a morning. Plus the best pubs at the end of each.