My BookingMy Favourites

Find your perfect holiday

2017 Tours now available

Holiday of the week

WW1: The Western Front with Ronan McGreevy

Flanders, The Somme, Aisne Region & The Lille Sector

This fascinating itinerary follows the events and visits the monuments discussed in Ronan McGreevy’s book Wherever the Firing Line Extends: Ireland and the Western Front. Described by The Irish Independent as the “definitive account of Ireland in World War I”, this book tells the story of the remarkable legacy left behind by the Irish on the Western Front.
 
Ronan McGreevy is an Irish Times journalist and videographer. He is the presenter of the documentary United Ireland: how Nationalists and Unionists fought together in Flanders. He also is the editor of Centenary - Ireland remembers 1916, the official State book covering the commemorations of 2016 and is editor of Was it for This? Reflections on the Easter Rising, The Mad Guns: Reflections on the Battle of the Somme and ‘Twas Better to Die: The Irish Times and Gallipoli 1915-2015.

River Cruises

Ocean Cruises

Cultural

Opera & Music Holidays

Sports