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Disclaimer: Not all the pictures are taken by myself, I have put an “R” mark for all the pictures my colleague Ranjeeva has taken. All the pictures are taken with his camera.





We had a long weekend coming so it was decided that we would visit west coast of Ireland which has lot of historical structures. Our first visit was to Kylemore Abbey Castel. I don’t want to describe the beauty of it, but rather leave these pictures to tell the story for you.


Kylemore Abbey Castle


Kylemore Abbey Castle, Closup


The pathway leading to the Castle - By R


The lake in front of the castle - By R

Our next stop was Kinvara where we booked a hostel for the night stay. Once we settled down at the hostel, the sun was still up at 7 pm, so we decided to go around and check out the small harbor at Kinvara, and Dún Guaire castle. The county is full of greenery, when you see houses painted in striking colors which glows in the evening sun light, you can’t resist but capture that frame.


Kinvara Harbor

Next day morning we set out to see the Aillwee Cave, at Burren which is a historical city of Ireland. The cave tour would have been boring if not for the tour guide accompanied us. It has a under ground river flowing and a small water fall. What you see in the picture below are called stalactite which takes about 100 years to grow just 1 centimeter.


Stalactite formation inside the cave - By R

While we were at the mountain we were able to capture the greenery of Ireland too. If you have never visited Ireland before, just in your mind replicate this picture million times, place thousands of sheeps and that’s how the entire Ireland looks like, green everywhere.


Green Ladscape - By R


Well fed sheeps - By R

Our next stop at Burren was Newton castle which is actually a fully equipped Art School. Imagine studying art at a class room inside castle. One of the students at the college was nice enough to open the castle door for us, and when you go to the roof top the view is breath taking.


Newton Castle - By R

Even the seating arranged outside of the Burren College of Arts, looked artistic.


Artistic Benches - By R

On our way to city of Limerick we saw this beautiful red house, I had to get off the car and take a picture. I wished there was a blue sky which would have enhanced this picture dramatically, but even without that, it looks stunning.


Red Beauty

Once we arrived at Limerick for a short time we were lost for the first time and didn’t know which road we were, but one of the turns we took, led us to the King John’s castle, which was opened for public, for a fee.


King John's Castle - By R

I have seen big houses built spending millions in Sri Lanka, but Ireland houses are small but have something about them, kind of feels like a, hmmm, home, you would want to have one for yourself.


Beautiful House

posted by 88Pro / Monday, April 17, 2006