Julia travels through Northern Ireland and the northwest corner of the Republic, experiencing everything from sailing to surfing to a seaweed bath

In Dublin and its lush surrounding countryside, Julia encounters Irish music, Gaelic sports, fashion and great food, as well as literary Dublin and a very special forest

Julia takes a trip up the coastal Wild Atlantic Way. She visits the famous tower in Ballylee that was once the summer home and inspiration for WB Yeats. In Galway City, Julia visits a shop that specialises in Aran knitwear and a sculpture garden. Finally, it's onwards to Connemara, where Julia squelches her way through the bog as she farms mussels in a spectacular fjord.

In the first episode, Julia explores the south of Ireland, from the green fields of Tipperary to the dramatic coastline of West Cork. At Cashel, she visits the spectacular medieval abbeys, while in Kinsale, she tastes her way around Ireland's new gourmet capital. Julia ends her journey at Ireland's most south-westerly point, the dramatic Mizen Head.