Clones Town, County Monaghan, Ireland - Ireland Attractions
Clones Town County, Monaghan, Ireland - Doesn't it feel good to be back home? It can be amazing to bring back the memories from our childhood - sure we remember things every now and again, but you cannot beat actually walking the streets where you grew up for memories ( good and bad! to come flooding back ). Hence off to Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, the town where I grew up.
For the few who do not know - Clones is a small town in western County Monaghan, Ireland. The Clones area was part of the Border Region which was earmarked for economic development by the Irish Government due to the current below average economic growth in the area. County Monaghan is on the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland which brings its own advantages and challenges.
Walking through the town and seeing the old places which are still standing there, just about! :-)
During our walk of the town we came across a picture from 1843 for the Market House and it was amazing to see the buildings from the photo are still standing around the Diamond. Amazing.
On the Diamond we have the imposing buildings such as Ulster Bank - which sadly closed in 2016....to all the pubs, post office, credit union and more.
Checking out the tourist map, trying to decide in which direction we should go, we finally managed to go down to the Wee Abbey, just off the Diamond - a great stop for history buffs. The most imposing feature on the Diamond is the Celtic High Cross. Down the road towards Cavan, to the right - is the path to the Motte and Bailey Fort, a piece of ground showing where an old fort used to stand with an amazing view across the local area. Plenty of history here!!
Towards the bottom of Fermanagh Street is the Butter Yard and the relatively new statue of the children playing leapfrog. Pretty Nice!
Close to the Round Tower is the Ionad Cassandra Hand Centre where they used to make lace and was built in 1847, coming again to the Wee Abbey. Across the road from the Lace centre is the Round Tower and graveyard.
There are other towns which one could visit around the North of Ireland, such as Letterkenny in county Donegal ( there is also Bushmills Town which is found on the north coast of Ireland ( and you could visit Newcastle Co. Down which is a lovely place to go to if you like beaches! :-) (
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Dingle town & peninsula, Ireland
We've been exploring the West Coast of Ireland and now we’re heading for Dingle which some people would say is the finest destination in the country. Dingle is a lush green peninsula extending out into the Atlantic Ocean.
Entering the Dingle Peninsula and passing through villages of Blennerville, Camp and Annascaul.
We stop by the roadside for a lovely view looking down towards the coast and across the green fields.
Next stop, Dingle, our home base for the next couple days. The town is one of Ireland's best with excellent hotels, of course many pubs, and in recent years, Dingle has become one of the gourmet capitals of the country with many fine restaurants. We will be taking you inside a couple of them. The drive in gave us a nice overview and will be taking you on several walks through town.
Most visitors find the real attraction is the surrounding areas with the beautiful countryside and the historic sites. With a few minute’s drive, you are at the edge of town and beyond that, you're in the countryside almost immediately.
So we hop in our van and do a tour of the peninsula. It's not unusual to run into some rain when you're out here in the far tip of Europe, in the Atlantic Ocean. And we had some rain this morning, but it cleared up a little bit during the day.
Dingle is a peninsula sticking into the sea at the western edge of Europe, set amid wild green scenery surrounded by the ocean.
One of the main historic sites you'll see is Dunbeg Fort. It's quite typical of the Celtic fortresses of the Iron Age in Ireland. It's built right up against the edge of a cliff, so it's easy to defend itself with the big walls on one side and the sea cliff on the other.
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Stocks Take Flight: IRELAND 2017 Recap
We spent March 6-13th, 2017 driving through the beautiful countryside of Ireland visiting some iconic locations but mostly sticking to some local favorites and finding gorgeous places off-the-beaten-path! We stayed in 4 different castle hotels throughout our journey varying from a more authentic castle feel to more of a high-end hotel atmosphere. We enjoyed breakfast every day at each of our hotels and spent the majority of our meals out at places recommended to us by locals (the BEST way to eat around Ireland!).
OUR JOURNEY
--March 6th: Depart Boston
--March 7th: Arrived in Dublin after a short layover in London. Picked up rental car and traveled out of the city to Cabra Castle Hotel in Kings Court, County Cavan. We enjoyed dinner out at The Fiddler's Elbow before walking across the street in the rain to an amazing quirky pub recommended to us by the manager at Fiddler's. If you're ever in Carrickmacross, you MUST go to Dusty O'Neills!
--March 8th: We drove north through the beautiful Irish countryside to Solis Lough Eske Castle Hotel in Donegal. After checking in, the front desk attendant urged us to take the drive to see Sliev League, a beautiful set of cliffs with quite the legend to go with it. We drove straight there for a wonderful sunset before driving back to the castle.
--March 9th: We drove into Northern Ireland, stopping in the sweet resort town of Port Rush for a walk around and some lunch before continuing on to see the Dark Hedges from Game of Thrones and then spending some time after sunset at Giant's Causeway. This was one of my favorite days. :)
--March 10th: We sadly left Lough Eske to drive down the coast of Ireland, taking in all the coastal views as we made the trip to Kilronan Castle in Ballyfarnon, Roscommon. This was one heck of a driving day, but worth it. We took another local recommendation and had dinner out at The Oarsman in Carrick-On-Shannon where we had our FAVORITE meals of the entire trip.
--March 11th: We made the 2-3 hour drive to the southern coast of Ireland for an epic day at the Cliffs of Moher (aka The Cliffs of Insanity). While I loved Sliev League more, the height of the Cliffs of Moher was definitely unbelievable. There was a lot of driving through windy roads this day.
--March 12th: This was a very chill day for us. We left Kilronan for our last hotel, Dunboyne Castle Hotel in Meath. We spent the day wandering around, shopping and enjoying our second favorite meal of the trip right in our hotel lounge.
--March 13th: Drove the few miles into Dublin, dropped off our car and made our way to the airport to fly home. This is where things got fun. We landed in Philadelphia for our second flight home only to find that all flights to New England were cancelled for a snot storm that wasn't supposed to happen for at least 8 hours. After a lot of frustrating mistakes not on our part but American Airlines, AAA's part and various rental car places, some Good Samaritans who were also making the drive to Boston offered us what little space they had left in their mini-van to make the drive home together and we spent the next 6-7 hours with those amazing people - another one of our favorite parts of the trip. :) We made it home around 1am.
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St. Patrick's Day in NY
Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, the Day of the Festival
of Patrick) is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17
March. It is commonly called simply Patrick's Day, or Paddy's Day, or
sometimes Saint Paddy's Day.[2] It commemorates Saint Patrick (c. AD
387--461), the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland,
and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.[1] It is observed by the
Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of
Ireland),[3] the Eastern Orthodox Church and Lutheran Church. Saint
Patrick's Day was made an official feast day in the early seventeenth
century, and has gradually become a celebration of Irish culture in
general.[4]
The day is generally characterised by the attendance of church
services,[4][5] wearing of green attire[6] and the lifting of Lenten
restrictions on eating, and drinking alcohol,[6][7][8] which is often
proscribed during the rest of the season.[4][6][7][8]
Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland,[9]
Northern Ireland,[10] Newfoundland and Labrador and in Montserrat. It
is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora, especially in places
such as Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia,
and New Zealand, among others. Today, St. Patrick's Day is probably the
most widely celebrated saint's day in the world.[11]
St. Patrick's Day Parade 2013 Aran Islands (HD)
Welcome to the 2013 St. Patrick's Day Parade on Inis Mor, Aran Islands, co.Galway, Ireland.
Bray - Aerial view at twilight. A little fuzzy...
Flying over Bray in County Wicklow at twilight. If you live here it might be interesting.