15th Century

Castle in Irish Countryside

Castle in the Irish Countryside

The Medieval Dysert O’Dea Castle is framed by the Spring leaves of chestnut trees in this view from a pasture East of the 15th Century tower house in the Irish countryside of County Clare....

15th Century Dysert O'Dea Castle framed in Spring Tree Branches

Dysert O’Dea Castle framed in Spring Branches

Tree branches preparing to sprout their Spring leaves frame the imposing Medieval architecture of Dysert O’Dea Castle in County Clare, Ireland. Narrow bow-slit windows penetrate the thick stone walls of this stronghold of the...

Halls of Quin Abbey National Monument in County Clare, Ireland

Halls of Quin Abbey National Monument

If you were a monk in residence in the 1400s at Quin Abbey in Quin, County Clare, Ireland, you might have been sitting at your desk here, meticulously scripting and decorating religious documents as...