Ireland
Malahide Castle
Malahide was both fortress and a private home of nearly eight hundred years. The Talbot family lived her from 1185 to 1973 when the last Loard Talbot died. Located just out side if Dublin, Ireland in the town of Malahide.
Church of St Augustine & St John, Dublin Ireland
The soaring tower of St. John the Babtist church is one of the great landmarks of Dublin, Ireland.
Kilmainham Gaol
Originally built in 1796 and was a functioning prison for 140 years. It’s cells held many of the most famous people involved in Ireland’s campaign for independence. The leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were held and executed here. Now serves as a museum educating visitors on Irish history.
Temple Bar
Temple Bar area and its cobble stone streets is one of Dublin’s oldest areas.
Saint Peters Church of Ireland, Drogheda
During the Siege of Drogheda in 1649 Cromwell’s Parliamentary forces burned the steeple of the church in which about 100 people had taken refuge.
Kylemore Abbey
Kylemore Abbey located in the west of Ireland and the Connemara region. The castle was constructed between 1867 – 1871 by Mitchell Henry. The Benedictine Nuns purchased the Castle in 1920 and opened an International boarding school in 1923.
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