Ireland - The Glass Magazine

A Magical Irish Retreat at Ashford Castle

April 13, 2026

Europe, Feature, Ireland, Travel, United Kingdom

OUR journey begins with a smooth 50-minute drive from Knock Airport, a small yet efficient gateway that makes reaching the west of Ireland effortless. We glide through misty country roads in a silent electric ...

Glass experiences a journey through Ireland’s living tapestry of art, story and seashore

Glass Archive

July 1, 2025

Europe, Ireland, News, Travel

THE steam curls upward from a ceramic cup of herbal tea, the scent of lemongrass and eucalyptus mingling with the whisper of spa music in the Velvære Spa lounge. I sink deeper into a cocoon of warm towels, sho...

Glass is enchanted by the unforgettable Adare Manor, Co. Limerick

Amanda Bernstein

August 14, 2023

Feature, Ireland, Travel

I'VE ARRIVED at Adare Manor Hotel, a resplendent country estate, located a 30-minute drive from Shannon Airport in the west of Ireland. Despite its turreted fairy-tale castle exterior, once inside it feels lik...

Glass indulges in an artful escape at The Montenotte Hotel, Cork

Ben Sanderson

March 8, 2023

Feature, Ireland, Travel

IT’S A sensory experience stepping into The Montenotte Hotel. Even amidst the bleak weather of late winter, the hilltop stronghold seems effortlessly cheerful; the lobby abuzz with chatter and the entrancing sc...

Glass experiences the gilded glory of Carton House, Ireland

Jamison Kent

May 16, 2022

Feature, Ireland, Travel

STEPPING inside the gilded walls of Carton House, A Fairmont Managed Hotel, it feels like stepping back in time into a Jane Austen novel - well sans romance - and with improved plumbing. Located just outsi...

Brown Thomas, Dublin, welcomes festive Bulgari pop-up boutique

Jamison Kent

November 2, 2021

Fashion, News

ARE you looking for a bit of sparkle this season? Well, look no further than the Bulgari festive pop-up boutique at the Brown Thomas department store in Dublin. The pop up is also the first time Bulga...

Alexander McQueen SS20 Ireland - Featured Image

The trip to Northern Ireland that inspired Alexander McQueen’s SS20 collection

Augustine Hammond

April 29, 2020

Fashion, News

THE Alexander McQueen design team field trips have grown to become a core element for the house. A key part in developing and maintaining the unrivalled vision, rich is historical reference, that the house and ...

Photographer Richard Mosse on blurring the lines between art and reportage

Glass Archive

December 2, 2016

Art, Feature, Photography

Seeing Red – Richard Mosse on blurring the lines between art and reportage RICHARD Mosse came to international attention five years ago, barely 30 years old, with his series of large-scale photographs entitl...

American make-up brand Kat Von D launches in London

Sara Hesikova

September 13, 2016

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Feature

ON a beautiful warm summer morning in early July, journalists were invited to Two Temple Place in London to attend the launch of an exclusive brand – Kat Von D – a popular American cosmetic brand with an edge,...

Front Cover. Mr Silla at Drop Everything

Drop Everything – Glass revels in Ireland’s most remote arts festival

Ben Olsen

August 10, 2016

Culture, Feature, Music

AMID the noisy marketing campaigns during Europe’s summer festival season, it’s refreshing to discover that an event exists outside of the news cycle, offering instead a fiercely independent roster of...

Glass visits Dublin during its 1916 Easter Rising celebrations

Sean Sheehan

April 25, 2016

Dining, Europe, Feature, Ireland, Travel

CENTENARY celebrations of Dublin’s 1916 Easter Rising were dignified affairs and triumphalist displays of narrow-minded nationalism were not to be seen. There was a sense that something important had taken plac...

Glass finds some serenity at the Galgorm Resort & Spa

Viola Levy

November 30, 2015

Beauty, Destination Spas, Feature, Ireland, Travel, United Kingdom

An Angster’s Paradise – Glass calms those racing thoughts and finds some serenity in Northern Ireland’s new spa experience at the Galgorm Resort & Spa, Ballymena, Northern Ireland I’m bit of a worrier, i...

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