An ancient island with a romantic history and lush green landscape, Irelands culture stretches back to the time of St Patrick and the first Christian monks and includes the Norman invasion, clan wars, mass emigration and partition in the early 20th century. Today, remnants of the countrys heritage can be found in every corner of this fascinating land, from the thinly inhabited west coast to the modern, populated areas of Leinster. There are thousands of ruined castles, abbeys, churches, ancient sites, houses and mills spread around the island of Ireland. Abandoned Ireland offers you a substantial taste of the most intriguing of these. In Abandoned Ireland, discover Athassel Abbey on the banks of the River Suir and the largest medieval priory in Ireland; marvel at the imposing Carrigogunnel Castle, destroyed during the second siege of Limerick in 1691; explore Carrigglas Manor, a turreted fairytale exterior with a bloody history; see Hilden Mill, a former factory with ghostly sightings; explore the creepy, overgrown ruin of Ennis District Lunatic Asylum in County Clare; and wander the ruins of Rinn Dśin (fortified headland) overlooking the River Shannon, a key military and trading town fought over by Norman barons and Irish chieftains. Illustrated with 180 photographs, Abandoned Ireland provides a fascinating pictorial exploration of the little-known corners of this enchanting land.
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Colourful photographic guide to abandoned Ireland from ruined grand houses to standing stones
Contents includes: Castles and Houses: Dunamase Castle, County Laois
Menlo castle Leamaneh Castle, County Clare Ballycarbery Castle, County Kerry
Ballinskellig Castle - Ring of Kerry Carbury Castle, County Kildare Dunluce
Castle, County Antrim Minard Castle, Dingle Bay, Kerry Castle MacGarrett,
County Mayo Ballygrennan Castle, County Limerick Graystown Castle, County
Tipperary Castle Otway, County Tipperary Lackeen Castle, County Tipperary
Fiddaun Castle, County Galway Kinbane Castle - Northern Ireland Kincasslagh,
County Donegal Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, Cavan Ducketts Grove, Carlow
Rock of Dunamase, Southwest of Dublin Carrigogunnel Castle, County Limerick
Tyrone House, County Galway Rockstown Castle, County Limerick Carrigglas
Manor, County Longford Cahercon House, County Clare Cairndhu House, County
Antrim Transport, Industrial and Urban: Old Red Iron Bridge, Kilkenny
Loughglynn Convent, County Roscommon OSheas Pub made famous by the
Guinness commercial Connacht District Lunatic Asylum (Former) city mortuary
at Forster Green Hospital, County Down Ennis District Lunatic Asylum / Our
Ladys Hospital, County Clare Logistics ship, River Shannon Parkmore narrow
gauge station, N. Ireland Adare Railway Station Allihies Copper Mine, West
Cork Victorian Coast Guard station at Fanad Head Castle Saunderson,
Belturbet, Cavan Mayfield House, County Waterford Hilden Mill, County Antrim
Religious Place & Islands: Kilkishen Church in County Clare Rathronan Church,
County Tipperary St Johns Church, Ballymoe, Galway Lackagh Church, Kildare
Derralossory Church, County Wicklow Newgrange, Ireland Stone Age passage
tomb Cahergal & Leacanabuile Ring Fort Ballinskelligs Abbey Muckross Abbey
Fore Abbey Athassel Abbey, County Tipperary Hore Abbey Bective Abbey
Mellifont Abbey Jerpoint Abbey Corcomroe Abbey Rinn Dśin, the old Gaelic
name, meansfortified headland Islands: Bishops Islands Ruins, County Clare
Devenish, Northern Ireland Great Blasket Innisfallen Inishmurray Skellig
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A journalist for more than two decades, Dominic Connolly was for many years Arts Editor of The Mail on Sunday. He has also written for the Telegraph, Evening Standard, Metro and Saga Magazine, and is the author of three books, including History of Ireland. He lives in London.
