A new way to discover the island of Ireland

Wordsearch Your Way
Around Ireland

Read the story. Learn the place. Find the words. Each book takes you deep into a corner of Ireland you will never forget.

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About the Series

Learning through place,
page by page

Ireland is a land rich in story, landscape, and living tradition. Yet so much of it passes unseen. The Wordsearch Your Way Around Ireland series changes that, one location at a time.

Each book pairs rich narrative essays with carefully crafted word search puzzles. As you read, thirty bolded words per chapter become the challenge hidden in the grid beside you. History, nature, folklore, and place names weave together under your pen.

It is a book you read, a puzzle you solve, and a place you come to know. Suitable for all ages, from curious adults to families on the road. Perfect as a gift for anyone who loves Ireland, wherever in the world they may be.

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Wordsearch Your Way
Around Ireland

A growing series · Sli O'Lorg

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Rich narrative essays

Every chapter tells the story of a place — its history, nature, folklore, and people — in lyrical, engaging prose.

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Integrated word puzzles

Thirty bolded words per chapter are hidden in the accompanying grid, reinforcing what you have just read.

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Authentically Irish

Conceived, written, and designed in Ireland. No leprechauns. No clichés. The real Ireland, faithfully told.

The Books

A growing collection
of Irish places

Book 1
Tintern Abbey
County Wexford
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Wordsearch Your Way Around Tintern Abbey

Discover the medieval abbey founded on a desperate storm-tossed promise, the birds and wildflowers of its woodland trails, and the legends that still breathe through its ancient stones. Over 100 chapters across 275 pages.

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Book 1a
Tintern Abbey
Children's Edition
Coming Soon

Tintern Abbey — Children's Edition

The same beloved location, reimagined for younger readers. Stories of fairies, red squirrels, kingfishers, and ancient stone bridges brought to life through child-friendly text and specially designed word search grids.

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Book 2
Glanteenasig
County Kerry
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Wordsearch Your Way Around Glanteenasig

Deep in the Dingle Peninsula, a hidden forest valley of oak, ash, and birch awaits. One of Kerry's best-kept secrets, brought to life through story, nature writing, and puzzle.

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Book 3
Carrigbyrne Hill
County Wexford
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Wordsearch Your Way Around Carrigbyrne Hill

The forest hill that watches over the south Wexford plain. A place of ancient tradition, remarkable biodiversity, and sweeping views across four counties, waiting to be properly told.

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Coming in French and Spanish. Foreign language editions of the series are in development, beginning with Tintern Abbey. If you would like to be notified when these become available, follow us on Facebook or get in touch.

How It Works

Three steps to knowing
a place by heart

Read the chapter

Each short chapter tells a story — a tree, a ruin, a bird, a legend, a trail. The writing is lyrical and grounded. You will find yourself there before you have ever visited.

Spot the bold words

As you read, thirty words are set in bold — place names, species, historical figures, Irish terms. These are your targets. Each one carries meaning from the text you have just read.

Solve the grid

Turn the page and find your word search. Each word you locate echoes back through the story. Learning becomes discovery. Discovery becomes memory.

" There is lots to learn here — rich pickings within the pages. Stories will come to life under your pen. Envision the places, the people, the history in the words.
— Sli O'Lorg, from the introduction to Tintern Abbey
Sli O'Lorg, author — photographed in the Irish countryside
Sli O'Lorg · In the field

The Author

Sli O'Lorg

Irish · "Path of the Track"

The pen name Sli O'Lorg translates from Irish as "search the way" — and that is precisely what this series follows. The author walks these places carefully before writing about them, returning season after season, notebook in hand.

Born and living in Ireland, the author writes out of a conviction that the true character of this island lies not in tourist caricature, but in the genuine texture of its landscapes — the specific oak tree on a specific hill, the particular light on a particular abbey wall at dusk.

The Wordsearch Your Way Around Ireland series is an effort to put that specificity into the hands of anyone who loves Ireland, wherever they are in the world: the emigrant who misses home, the visitor who wants to go deeper, the child who is only beginning to explore.

The author walks the paths. The reader follows the words.

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