This is not a place we visit on many tours of Ireland. Many clients want to avoid cities and concentrate on rural Ireland. But it does have a lot to offer. It has many fine Georgian houses, interesting old quays, and bridges over the River Shannon. King Johns Castle...
Five irregularly spaced drum towers linked by massive walls are all that remain of the castle that King John built in the early 13th century to keep the peace in Thomond (as the area was then called) between the Norman settlers and the O’Brien clan,...
Five irregularly spaced drum towers linked by massive walls are all that remain of the castle that King John built early 13th century to keep the peace in Thomond (as the area was then called) between the Norman settlers and the O’Brien clan, Kings and...
Ireland's 4th largest city began as a 10th century Viking settlement on an island in the River Shannon , from which the Danes marauded through Munster. The Thomond Kings used it as a trading centre , and Muirceartach Mor O'Brien made it his principal seat...