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Got a chance to watch as this old vessel sails out on to Galway bay

Leamaneh Castle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leamaneh_Castle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poulnabrone_dolmen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caherconnell_Stone_Fort

Cloud formation over Menlo as the sun tried its best to shine through before it settled for the night

I came across this field and had to drone it as it took me back to the days I used to build these haystacks

Sunrise over Annaghdown Pier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annaghdown

Galway Docks, Long walk, Nimmos pier Claddagh

An Irish sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean

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Due to the Covid-19 Lockdown the busy streets of Galway stay empty

Galway City Council shuts Salthill Promenade to combat the spread of Covid -19 Music by Whitesand Title: Not The End https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrztzmRmMEM

Sunrise over the claddagh Galway Stay Safe All

Driving the burren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burren

Times Shop Street Galway Eire

Nimmo, the solitary bottlenose dolphin, returns to the Galway Bay in Ireland for the fifth year in a row. Check out this amazing drone footage!

Time lapse taken in ireland Furbo beach,Barna pier Watch the Boats Dance

Connemara - Breathtaking As I Drive Off The Beaten Track

The great Peter O’Toole movie star singing. O’Toole’s acting career lasted almost 60 years, from 1955, until his death in 2013. He won four Golden Globes, a BAFTA, an EMMY and received an honorary Academy Award in 2003. Some of his best known films include, Laurence of Arabia, Goodbye Mr Chips and The Lion in Winter.

The castle was originally a basic, 5-storied Irish tower house which was built circa probably by Toirdhealbhach Donn Ó Briain of the O'Brien family, one of the last of the High Kings of Ireland and a direct descendant of Brian Boru. ( Read All about it here ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leamaneh_Castle In 1543, Turlogh Donn's son, Murrough surrendered his title of King to Henry VIII and was created in 1st Earl of Thomond and Baron Inchiquin. In 1550, Murrough gave Leamaneh to his third son, Donough. Donough was hanged in Limerick in 1582 as a rebel Manor house In 1639, Donough's grandson, Conor O'Brien married Máire ní Mahon (MacMahon). She became one of the most famous women in Irish folklore who, due to her flaming red hair, was commonly known as Máire Rúa ("Red Mary"). She was born in 1615 or 1616. Her father was Sir Torlach Rúa MacMahon, Lord of Clonderlaw and her mother was Lady Mary O'Brien, daughter of the third Earl of Thomond. Her first husband, Daniel O'Neylan (also sometimes written O'Neillan or Neylan) of Dysert O'Dea Castle in north Clare died young and upon his death, she gained control of his substantial estate and a £1,000 fortune. This wealth enabled her and Conor to build a more comfortable mansion on to the tower house. Part of the tower house was demolished and replaced by a 4-storied mansion around 1648. Máire accompanied her husband on raids against English settlers. In 1651, he was mortally wounded fighting on the Royalists' side at Inchicronan (Crusheen). Reportedly, immediately after her husband's death, the widow, realizing that the punishment for his rebellion against the English would be the forfeiture of their property, drove to Limerick and offered to marry any Cromwellian officer who would take her hand. (This is refuted in other versions of the story which state that Máire Rúa didn't marry until 1653, two years after Conor's death.) General Ludlow, who commanded the English Parliament forces at Inchicronan subsequently conducted counter-insurgency operations in the Burren, making his well-known statement about the area's barrenness. He went on to say about Leamaneh "and finding it indifferent strong, being built with stone and having a good wall about it, we put a garrison into it and furnished it with all things necessary".[2]:40 Rúa's third husband, Cornet John Cooper was a Cromwellian soldier and through this marriage she successfully retained her estates. Cooper left the army and amassed some wealth through land and property speculation. However, he later ran into financial difficulty and, as a result, the estate which he had married into at Leamaneh, which he under law now owned through his wife, was mortgaged to repay his debts. In the 1660s, Cromwellian troops were stationed on and off at Leamaneh. Máire Rúa's son, Donagh or Donough (after 1686 Sir Donat) found the tower and manor damaged but stayed there until 1684/1685, when he moved the family seat from Leamaneh to the much larger Dromoland Castle in Newmarket-On-Fergus, south of Ennis. Although Máire Rúa's children from her first marriage to Daniel O'Neylan (or O'Neillan) were raised Catholic, Sir Donagh/Donat was brought up as a Protestant and eventually became the "richest commoner in Ireland." He built "Sir Donat's Road", connecting Killnaboy and Leamaneh, a toll road, the flanking stone walls of which are still visible in places. The gate houses at which tolls were collected have since been demolished. He served as Sheriff of Clare in 1690 and as MP for Clare from 1695 to 1713. He died in 1717. By 1678, the estate had been increased to over 10,000 acres of land. Recent past Three-quarter view of the castle Leamaneh had various occupants in subsequent years. However, the house finally fell into ruin at the end of the 18th century. The barbican-like gates which adorned the entrance to the property were moved to Dromoland Castle in 1906 or 1908 by Lord Inchiquin. They are still there. The most elegant of the fireplaces was relocated to the "Old Ground Hotel" in Ennis.

A gathering of tens of thousands of starlings as they go to roost in Galway, Ireland. How cool is that?

The Clare River in Ireland is flooding after the banks overflowed due to Storm Dennis. Check out that damage!

Out the country in an old Irish cottage and a little robin kept tapping at the glass he was looking to get feed

Connemara Without The Tourist Only A Pony And Dog

2 Lads chilling and enjoying the tides @Leitir Móir

Inishbofin, the enchanted Island, is set in the wild splendour of Connemara, amid the magical beauty of sea, lake and mountains, http://www.inishbofinhouse.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inishbofin,_County_Galway