Category: Irish Castles
Dysert O’Dea castle towers over the County Clare landscape
Peaceful Path to Yeats’ Tower
This footpath along the Streamstown River in County Galway, Ireland, leads to Thoor Ballylee, a 15th or 16th Century Norman Tower House and former home to Poet and Nobel …
Ballinalacken Castle in Ireland’s County Clare
Ballinalacken Castle towers above the countryside of County Clare, Ireland, with commanding views out to the Aran Islands and Galway Bay from its vantage point between Doolin and Lisdoonvarna.Perched …
Dough Castle in Ireland’s County Clare
A menacing sky provides the dark backdrop for ruins of this 14th Century castle, a landmark at the exclusive Lahinch Golf Club in County Clare, Ireland.Built in 1306 by …
The Lower Floors of Yeats Thoor Ballylee
The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society, a local non-profit group, has taken over the former home of Poet and Nobel Laureate W. B. Yeats near Gort in County Galway and …