galway

Tagged Discussions

Part of the gardens at Kylemore Abbey, Galway, Ireland

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 11 May

When we were in Ireland, we visited Kylemore Abbey in Co. Galway. I’ve written about Kylemore Castle which is the same place, built by Mitchell Henry and subsequently sold to the Duke and Duchess of Manchester. The duke...

12 responses •

11 people

What a nice way to be greeted

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 2 May

We are home from Ireland where we spent a month, mostly in Co. Mayo in the west. At Leenaun, I saw the Irish word ‘failte’ carved into the lawn at a bed and breakfast place. ‘Failte’ means ‘welcome’ and you see the word a lot on...

29 responses •

27 people

How’s this for a place setting?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Apr

This place setting is in the dining room in Kylemore Castle. I don’t know who had the plates inscribed. Maybe it’s for the tourists as the plate in the photo has birth and death dates on it and the Henrys were long gone by 1904....

15 responses •

15 people

The second owners of Kylemore Castle

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Apr 23

Mitchell Henry built Kylemore Castle in Co. Galway, Ireland, after he and his wife, Margaret, fell in love with the area on their honeymoon. However, four short years after the castle was completed, Margaret died of disease in...

duchess of manchester

7 responses •

9 people

Dressing for the weather

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Apr 23

The photo is of part of the drawing room at Kylemore Abbey and has nothing to do with the post. We’re on holiday in Ireland and, in our apartment, most rooms have radiators. These are virtually unknown in Australia as we rarely...

ireland

galway

kylemore abbey

dressing for the weather

heating

13 responses •

12 people

The sea stack Dun Briste

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Apr 23

I wrote before about Dun Briste, the sea stack just off Downpatrick Head in Ireland. It is 63 metres long and 23 wide. Dun Briste means ‘broken fort’. I realised I didn’t have a photo of it that showed it on its own in all its...

21 responses •

21 people

A bothy for the gardeners

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Apr 23

Mitchell Henry, builder of Kylemore Castle, was very wealthy but was also a concerned landlord who provided well for his tenants, including building a school for the children. The collage shows the ‘bothy’, a Scottish term for a...

13 responses •

14 people

Dinner gong at Kylemore Castle

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Apr 23

I have so much to say about Kylemore Castle/Abbey but I wonder if you’ll all be bored. So maybe I’ll write about bits and pieces of it for the moment rather than giving you any more of the history. The photo shows the dinner...

14 responses •

13 people

Kylemore Castle's Mitchell Henry left a widower with nine children

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Apr 23

Mitchell Henry and his wife, Margaret, built Kylemore Castle in 1868. Using dynamite made it possible for the castle to be built into the hill behind it. Its position was carefully planned so that, on a still day, the castle would...

13 responses •

13 people

The castle that became an Abbey - Kylemore, County Galway, Ireland

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Apr 23

We recently visited Kylemore Abbey in Ireland. It was built as a castle in 1868 as a private home for the family of Mitchell Henry, a wealthy London doctor. He and his wife, Margaret, visited the area on their honeymoon and fell...

11 responses •

12 people

Another of Clifden's claims to fame - the first transatlantic wireless telegraph station

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Apr 23

My last post mentioned Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland, where we stayed a night recently. Clifden is noteworthy as the site of the first high power transatlantic long wave wireless telegraph station. This was built four miles south...

ireland

clifden

galway

wireless telegraph station

marconi

10 responses •

10 people

What a lot of bull in Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Apr 23

The shops in Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland feature some really lovely art. It’s a pity I couldn’t get better photos of a fox and squirrel which were made from rusty iron. The reflections from the shop window made it very difficult...

17 responses •

17 people

Kylemore Castle and Gardens, Connemara, Ireland

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jan 20

One of the more memorable places that we visited in Ireland in 2013 was Kylemore Abbey and Castle in Connemara, Co. Galway. The castle was built for Mitchell Henry as a private residence. Henry, a doctor from London, came from a...

ireland

connemara kylemore castle

walled gardens

galway

23 responses •

22 people

An Irish town called Horseleap

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325793) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Mar 17

Following on from my posts about 'giant' icons in towns, there is a rearing horse in Ireland. When we visited there some years ago we travelled from Dublin to Galway several times. Each time we passed through Horseleap, a town...

15 responses •

17 people

Can you see the funny side in this photo?

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 24 Feb 10

Well I took this photo while I was in Galway (Ireland) about three years ago. There was a guy with a placard, standing on the pavement as a promoter for a shop nearby. Can you see the funny side in this photo? Did you find it...

funny side

galway

ireland

14 responses •

5 people

You get what you pay for

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 29 Oct 08

I bought an umbrella during last August when i was in a pound shop in Galway. I thought it was a real bargain to buy an umbrella for two euros only. Unfortunately I did not use it more than two times that it broke out. I really...

27 responses •

10 people