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It is not often that you discover a hotel blog which leans towards the spiritual. By sheer accident the other day I came across a page on The Merrion Hotel website which suggested attending a [...]

My hilaryfinlay.com website has generated a lot of traffic over the years. However, I feel that now is a good time to move all my content into my new website Delightful Hotels. Whilst many [...]

As we approach Monday 16th January 2023 (this year’s Blue Monday) I get the feeling that a lot of people out there are experiencing the blues. Christmas has come and gone. The box of [...]

Iseo in Italy is a middling size town of approx. 7,000 thousand people located in the wonderfully lush region of Lombardy in the central part of Northern Italy.   It is less than one hour’s [...]

The Arklow Bay Hotel  markets itself as a hotel ideal for family breaks. It is located on the outskirts of the medium size town of Arklow in Co. Wicklow.  A fishing town, Arklow is [...]

There is so much to do on St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland. Land of green fields and fun. Lots of Irish eyes smiling and everyone out and about for ‘the day that’s in it’. [...]

It has been an age since I wrote a post/blog. This is mainly because I haven’t been out and about that much owing to restrictions. Like many others just when I was ready to leave home for a [...]

Exploring Ireland’s Geology This exhibition is running for 18 months at Collins Barracks Museum and celebrates the foundation of the Geological Survey of Ireland 175 years years ago in [...]

Just thinking ahead to when this dreadful pandemic is gone; when air travel is back on the Agenda and we are free as birds to fly to other countries.  The Big Question is where to go? Travel [...]

I recently learnt with great sadness of the passing of Emyr Griffith of Wales in early January.  Emyr was a vibrant person with a truly unique Welsh personality,not forgetting his wonderful [...]