Category: Irish Castles
Irish Castles
The uppermost floor at Thoor Ballylee, the 15th Century Norman castle once home to Poet William Butler Yeats near Gort in County Galway, remains essentially unchanged from its 600-year-old …
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High above the County Galway countryside, these sculpted limestone battlements, bleached by nature over more than 600 years, granted the Norman builders of Thoor Ballylee (Yeats Tower) a crisp …
Irish Castles
Ireland’s iconic Rock of Cashel, in County Tipperary, is where St. Patrick was believed to have converted the King of Munster to Christianity in the 5th century.Also known as “Cashel …
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No visit to County Clare, Ireland, would be complete without a stop at the iconic Bunratty Castle, the centrepiece of the Bunratty Folk Park near Ennis and the Shannon …
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The 15th Century Dysert O’Dea Castle rises in the distance from this gently sloping pasture along the Dysert O’Dea Archaeology Trail in County Clare, Ireland.This Medieval castle, built in …
Irish Castles
A flock of birds has taken up residence in the ruins of one of County Clare’s most celebrated castles — Leamaneh Castle in Ireland’s Burren Region.A former stronghold of …
