Award Category: Best Overseas Tourism Project Nominated by: Mary Moore Mason
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia is a scenically beautiful area that has treasured and developed traditional country music since its settlement by the English, Scotch-Irish and other Europeans in the 18th century. As the region’s coalmines... Read more...
"As the sun warmed on my back, bees bumbled from Gentian to Orchid to Bloody Cranesbill and, as the umpteenth noisy tour group weaved off down the narrow road, the sounds of nature return to Poulnabrone. But not for long, if I’m lucky there will be a 5-minute gap before the next tour bus arrives.
High up on the limestone Burren in County Clare the dolman or portal tomb of Poulnabrone is the most photographed monument in Ireland."
