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 is raising funds to restore...
15th Century
Ireland’s 15th Century Bunratty Castle
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 Airport. The current tower house...
Medieval Castle in the Irish Countryside
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 1480 for the O’Dea...
Birds of Ireland’s Leamaneh Castle
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 the O’Brien clan, this...
‘Official Greeter’ at Ireland’s Quin Abbey National Monument
A statue of the Virgin Mary greets visitors to Quin Abbey, the 15th Century National Monument in County Clare, Ireland. The original church on the site was built in 1350 by the MacNamara clan....
