Chalk & Cheese Travels
I became fascinated with castle and tower house ruins ever since moving to Ireland a few years back. To learn of the history of such places fascinates me and my over imaginative mind loves to wonder what once may of occurred between the walls of such places. The Galey Bay castle and this particular tower house […]
A quick and short post today which is very fitting for this landmark in Carrick on Shannon. The smallest chapel in Europe Situated in the heart of Carrick on Shannon Town lies the smallest Chapel in Europe and the second smallest in the world the by the name of Costello Memorial Chapel. At only sixteen […]
That heritage sign For 2 years on the way to work I drove past a sign on the road which read heritage area. With a lack of time I never quite made it there. One sunny afternoon I had a hour to spare I decided to have a look at this site known as the […]
Visiting Lough Key for McDermott Castle One of our favourite places to visit is Lough Key Forest Park. We often spend many a afternoon there exploring the 350 hectare site. What always captures my imagination is the lonely castle ruins lying out in the Lough McDermott Castle. The story of Una So here is a […]
A elephant grave in Castlerea ? Who is this Cindy the elephant? and why is she buried in the small town of Castlerea County Roscommon? I know right this sounds strange, so much so we decided to take a walk down to have a look and see what we could find out. Walking the Castlerea […]
