By the time they had finished last year – following a delay caused by the Covid lockdowns - the piece measured at 171sq ft, ...

No doubting the scholarly rigour of this highly visual production, which reflects maps’ many distinctive styles and ...

Hy-Brasil is a mythical island that reportedly appears every seven years — but no one has reported seeing it since the 19th ...

A GIGANTIC wool map of Ireland, which took four years of knitting and crocheting to complete, is in search of a new home to go on public display. A group of up to 18 women in Co Wicklow, consisting of ...

Where is Ireland? This week we gave readers a topographic map of the world and asked them where is Ireland? Sure, 71.5% placed Ireland correctly. It’s (most of) an island. It’s easily placeable. Among ...

There’s nothing wrong with the Aran Islands, a popular destination off the coast of Galway. But if you want to get off the beaten path in the land of leprechauns and Bono-haters, you’ll have to expand ...

A tiny blot of a landmass off the western coast of Ireland is curiously labeled “Imaginary Isle of O Brazil” on cartographer Thomas Jefferys’s 1768 “Chart of the Atlantic Ocean.” A 21st-century viewer ...

A WORLD-RECORD setting knitted map of Ireland will soon be available to view across the country. The knitted map was started ...

Ready to hit the (Irish) road? From Co Kerry to Co Antrim, there is no shortage of stunning sites across the island of Ireland, as well as exhilarating road trips to get you in between! Here are just ...

The United Kingdom (to use its short name) is a complicated country, actually made up of four countries across two islands. If you were looking to understand it better, forget Google Maps. That’s ...