The first Tower Castle, constructed by Red Hugh O’Donnell, was built in the 1400’s AD. During the 9-year war, the O’Donnell’s were forced to abandon the Castle at Donegal. Before leaving, they did their best to make the Castle as unusable to the English as possible, destroying as much as the castle as they could. …
In two days we would be leaving Ireland. The Previous day my wife had made it clear “no more Castles!” (she really hates those tight, winding stone stairways, which I love so much). Directing her to select our next destination, I was rather surprised she selected, Birr Castle..??.
Photo above – a view of the coast line to the east as viewed by one of Carrickfergus Castle’s canons. After a year long siege by the armies of Robert and Edward Bruce (King of Ireland) the Castle fell in1350. The Castle was soon taken back by the English and remained in their hands except …
Bunratty Castle is part of Bunratty Folk Park, which is located on the Castle grounds.Photo Above – first view of Bunratty Castle.Photo Right – Bunratty Castle Keep, full view.Bunratty deserves its status as one of the most visited castles in Ireland.While outwardly not as picturesque as Johnstown Castle , Bunratty is what one expects to find in a …
Kiss the blarney stone and have bestowed on you the gift of gab, or (sins of sins) by pass the long line at the castle and enjoy the castles’ gardens. . Blarney legend – The seeds of the ‘gift of gab’ legend might trace back all the way to Queen Elizabeth I. The story goes something …
The castle is situated in a large, mature, ornamental garden, planted sometime in the 1830’s. The castle we see today was constructed for the Grogan-Morgan family sometime in the early 1800’s. Today, Johnstown Castle is used as a conference center and offices for an agriculture institute. At this time, there are no tours of the …
Located on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, not far from the Giants Causeway, are the ruins of Dunluce Castle. Dunluce Castle has been a site of historic battles, a movie (Jackie Chan’s – The Medallion) and a tragic fable. Despite all this, the magnificent views alone are enough reason to make Dunluce a stop …