Belvedere Castle New York

Belvedere Castle 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...
Clare Abbey Co Clare

Clare Abbey Co Clare

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....
Dunguaire Castle

Dunguaire Castle

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...
Malahide Castle – Project 52 #14

Malahide Castle – Project 52 #14

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,...
Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle

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...