by Michael Maye | May 3, 2015 | Castles, Cities, New York |
Belvedere Castle Central Park New York When is a Castle not a Castle? When its Belvedere Castle New York! Its hard to believe that it has been a full year this weekend when we were in New York for the opening round of the Connacht Championship match between Mayo and...
by Michael Maye | Jan 30, 2015 | Castles |
Clare Abbey Ennis Co Clare. It has been a while since I got to visit a Castle or old ruin. Hopefully over the next few months I’ll be able to mark of a few more sites that are on my list to visit. On a recent visit to Ennis I dropped into Clare Abbey Co Clare....
by Michael Maye | Jul 13, 2014 | Castles, Project 52 |
Dunguaire Castle – project 52 #28 Photo: f/9, 1/500sec, ISO-400, @14 mm. On a recent trip to Galway I managed to fit in a visit to Dunguaire Castle, which is located just outside the village of Kinvara. Dunguire Castle which is a “tower house” was...
by Michael Maye | Apr 7, 2014 | Castles, Project 52 |
Mayo were playing Dublin in Croke Park last weekend and with it being a Saturday evening match with throw in at 7pm, it was a opportunity to spend the weekend in Dublin. I had planned to visit both Clontarf Castle and Malahide Castle on the Sunday, and in the process,...
by Michael Maye | Jan 25, 2014 | Castles, Project 52, Swinford |
Meelick round tower was built sometime between 923 and 1013 AD, and is one of only five round towers in County Mayo. Meelick round tower is built on the site of the monastic abbey of St Broccaidh, which was once the principle abbey of the Barony of Gallen. The tower...
by Michael Maye | Dec 4, 2013 | Castles, Cities |
Sorting through some SD and micro cards a few days ago, I came across some photos that I had taken of Edinburgh Castle in 2009. (apologies for the quality, these were taken with a Nokia Navigator 2 MP camera phone). Myself and a few mates traveled over to Scotland...
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