Irish cottage

1. Alder Cottage, Derora, Churchill, County Donegal€169,000 Alder Cottage is what most people think of when they imagine a traditional Irish cottage. It’s white washed walls and carefully painted red features set it perfectly in the hills of Donegal. It’s no surprise then that this traditional cottage is a is a Failte Ireland registered self […] More

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This is the gardeners cottage at Glenveagh National Park in Co.Donegal

Margaret Gallagher’s home has no TV, phone, running water, or electricity, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.

More than 33 million American residents claim Irish ancestry, which is almost nine times the population of Ireland.

As a kid, I really enjoyed reading stories and fairy tales and I liked the descriptions of their palaces and cottages. I always imagined them as being

The typical Irish cottage evokes a vision of warmth and coziness. It’s a classic whitewashed structure, often with brightly colored front doors and always with a thatched roof. Turf smoke lazily spiraling from the chimney completes the picture as the fire was the heart and hearth of the home.

Another view of this beautifully placed cottage. This time illuminated by the sun through a tiny hole in heavy storm clouds.