"The elder Sir Hugh O'Donnell, wealthy chief of the O'Donnell clan, built the castle in 1474. At the same time, he and his wife Nuala, built a Franciscan monastery further down the river."
A magnificent ruin, dear Bill! Unfortunately we didn't go there when we visited Ireland - maybe next time? You wrote to me: "Never had goose, so I have no idea how it tastes." Have you ever had duck, for example at a Chinese restaurant? I think it's kind of in between duck and turkey. The skin is nice and crispy, the meat is absolutely delicious with the right seasoning. But I like the goose soup almost more than the roast (nicely creamy and spicy and with lots of vegetables). All the best and a happy new week, Traude 🥁🧸🍸🕯️☕🧸🍸☕🕯️🧸🥁 https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2023/11/govt-mule-kindergeburtstag-und.html
This is such a fantastic castle, I absolutely love the architecture. I hope to be able to visit Ireland some day and see some of these extraordinary places. In the meantime, I am so thankful for you sharing these wonderful shots!
Nice piece of history.
ReplyDeleteAh, the Castle and Lady Shari ...
ReplyDeleteThe facade is wonderful
ReplyDeleteAir-conditioning in every room!
ReplyDeleteLooks beautiful! Take care, have a great week!
ReplyDeleteIt looks a bit spooky at the first picture.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful. History standing there.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
aww.... wonderful architecture
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! Love the structure. Great shots!
ReplyDeleteLooks so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how lovely it was, back in the day!
ReplyDeletehugs
Donna
If those walls could talk!
ReplyDelete...it just needs a roof.
ReplyDeleteperlu dilestarikan .... menarik melihatnya bangunan tinggi pada zaman dahulu
ReplyDeleteBeautiful old castle.
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful, Bill. Can parts of it be entered?
ReplyDeleteYup, there are three floors and you can walk around and look at displays. One year they had young kids performing Irish dances to traditional music.
DeleteStill standing!
ReplyDelete"The elder Sir Hugh O'Donnell, wealthy chief of the O'Donnell clan, built the castle in 1474. At the same time, he and his wife Nuala, built a Franciscan monastery further down the river."
A great place to visit.
ReplyDeleteThis must have been an impressive castle at one point. Now a historic monument.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have seen this castle in its prime, Bill. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh that's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThose times are very hard to imagine, esp with the cold weather!
ReplyDeleteA magnificent ruin, dear Bill! Unfortunately we didn't go there when we visited Ireland - maybe next time?
ReplyDeleteYou wrote to me: "Never had goose, so I have no idea how it tastes."
Have you ever had duck, for example at a Chinese restaurant? I think it's kind of in between duck and turkey. The skin is nice and crispy, the meat is absolutely delicious with the right seasoning. But I like the goose soup almost more than the roast (nicely creamy and spicy and with lots of vegetables).
All the best and a happy new week, Traude
🥁🧸🍸🕯️☕🧸🍸☕🕯️🧸🥁
https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2023/11/govt-mule-kindergeburtstag-und.html
This castle was in the book my son and daughter in law brought me from their trip to Ireland!
ReplyDeleteNice to have your own monastery nearby. Praying for you! Aloha!
ReplyDeleteWonderful old castle
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fantastic castle, I absolutely love the architecture. I hope to be able to visit Ireland some day and see some of these extraordinary places. In the meantime, I am so thankful for you sharing these wonderful shots!
ReplyDeleteBoa tarde de segunda-feira meu amigo Bill. Nunca vi um castelo de perto. Fotos incríveis.
ReplyDeleteInteresting old place. It looks like some of it is still used.
ReplyDeleteImpressive.
ReplyDeleteim follow your blog, thank you
ReplyDeleteLinda imagen. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteLooks amazing and it's good to see it hasn't totally fallen down.
ReplyDeleteImpressive!
ReplyDeleteHi Bill.
ReplyDeleteGreat Bill.
I like this.
Greetings from Patricia.
A whole lot of history.
ReplyDeleteImposing rock pile! To think of all that has gone before in that place. I am always overwhelmed by the depth of history in Ireland and Britain.
ReplyDeleteLooks very impressive Bill, most likely holds alot of history and memories.
ReplyDeleteOh my! Once it was very grand. Now the windows are empty.
ReplyDeleteGreat! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is quite beautiful.I'd love to see inside!
ReplyDeleteQue lindo! Oxalá pudesse estar mais recuperado!
ReplyDeleteBelíssima partilha, Bill! Um grande abraço!
Ana