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King John's Castle

King John's CastleIn Limerick yesterday on our wandering return from the southwest of Ireland the showery weather delivered a most excellent rainbow. I raced up...

Duckett's Grove Castle

Duckett's Grove CastleDid I mention there was a castle behind me for that last photo? I think I did...I think the gothic revival style of architecture does "rui...

The Barbican

The BarbicanCastle Street ends, as you would expect it to end in a story: crossing a bridge leading up to a barbican gate. Not just any gate though, but one of ...

Kilkenny Castle

Kilkenny CastleThe weather in Ireland has been super-good for the last week, and it's supposed to continue through Wednesday. On Sunday Heather and I left the b...

Tullynally Castle in the Mist

Tullynally Castle in the MistIt was a wintry day when we visited Tullynally Castle a couple of weeks ago, and the castle itself was closed, but the grounds were...

Staircase

StaircaseNot many other words can describe this staircase other than maybe "wow".  I rediscovered this photo tonight, which I took on a short family holiday in ...

The Great Hall

The Great HallHere is an interior shot of Donegal Castle (the older part) to keep +Kim Coleman happy - turns out I did have an OK one after all.  I generally fi...

Birr Castle

Birr CastleI'm oncall this weekend, so no going out and taking photos of interesting locations, so here's an older one from mid-October.This is the historic hom...

Dromoland at Sunset

Dromoland at SunsetDromoland Castle looking absolutely fantastic across the lake in the last light of the day, just over the hill from our hotel. Dromoland   ca...

Leviathan of Parsonstown

Leviathan of ParsonstownThe telescope in the grounds at Birr Castle was the largest telescope in the world for over 70 years!  It's so cool it even has it's own...

Doe Castle

Doe CastleOn our way over to the Inishowen Peninsula we took a quick look at Castle Doe.  It's operated by the Office of Public Works, and you can freely roam a...

Greencastle

GreencastleToday we went around the Inishowen peninsula.  Well, in fact as we discovered: the Inishowen peninsula really needs more than a day to take a good lo...

Donegal Castle

Donegal CastleToday we went down the coast, following all around it's nooks and crannies for a while until we got to Dungloe and then we took the main road on t...

Elcho Castle

Elcho CastleTwo excellent castles today, which were chalk and cheese despite being built for similar purposes.  The first one - Elcho Castle, shown - was someth...

Ashtown Castle

Ashtown CastlePerhaps at it's least flattering, on a grey January day in Phoenix Park.  A very curious castle that was only relatively recently discovered, when...

Aughnanure Castle

Aughnanure CastleThe approach from the carpark alongside this stream is historically representative of the way this castle was frequently approached.  Fully nav...

Dunguaire Castle

Dunguaire CastleDriving south yesterday, the first castle we encountered was Dunguaire Castle, which is a delightful tower on a promontory in the bay at Kinvarr...

Clifford's Tower

Clifford's TowerThree different moods for Clifford's Tower which is just across the road from the +FLOSSUK Spring conference.  I had a short chance to walk arou...

Lanistown Castle

Lanistown CastleIn focus here, rather than blurred background for another shot.  This is apparently a £10 castle, so-called because these tower houses were buil...

Malahide Castle

Malahide CastleI reprocessed the photo of Malahide Castle that I took during our trip to Dublin to properly present the sky.  I think this is much better, don't...