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The Historical Ballinafad Castle Ruins

Lazy morning drive We went for a lazy morning drive on Saturday in search of a bit of heritage and history. It’s often a thing we like to do here as there is so much to see and do off the beaten track in the west of Ireland. We came across this great little Castle […]

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Clifden Castle, Connemara

Whilst taking a drive across the Sky Road from Cifden we stumbled down the hill what seemed to be a Castle ruins. Later that night after a bit of research it appeared to be the Clifden Castle ruins. We decided the next day we would drive back and go see how easy access  was and […]

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Lough Rynn Castle

Lough Rynn Castle A Brief History Lough Rynn lies on the original historic grounds of the medieval estate and castle of Mac Raghnaill family. The Mac Raghnaill castle was situated at the opposite side to where the castle now lies. And below is all that remains of that original castle. In 1883 Robert Bermingham, viscount […]

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