Hello all, hope you enjoyed the weekend, weather has been very cold here in Ireland but no rain where I was :) Had a lovely weekend away with my boyfriend. Only problem was that it went too fast. What did you get up to? Here are a few photographs of my weekend away. Our hotel was really nice, very trendy and good value. The photoraph below is a lovely canvas in the hotel, how pretty and very girly. 
We went to the seaside on Saturday to Strandhill with its long strand and the seaside village of Rosses Point, it was extremely cold and got very foggy too. Here are a few photos of the beach and views in and around Strandhill
The further north we travelled it started to get very misty and foggy so the next few photographs aren't very clear, we couldn't even see the sea.
So as you can see the visibility on the West Coast of Ireland wasn't great, so we decided to head back to town and looked around the shops and got some food.
Today we relaxed and visited the seventeenth century Markree Castle on the way home. It is surrounded by mature demesne woodland and the River Unshin runs through the grounds. It is now a hotel and has been home to the Cooper family since Cromwell's time. Here are the charming entrance gates and some more views of the Castle.
Here are two photographs of the entrance, how elegant is that??
Up...
And back down...
Check out the website for some more photographs Markree Castle Hotel
The River Unshin
There are also luxury self catering cottages at Markree Castle Home Farm
This was such a wonderful demesne with its weatlth of built and natural heritage. We then said goodbye to Markree Castle and headed on the road for home.
Along the way we spotted a nice scenic viewing point of Lough Key
This sculptured metal horse with a Gaelic Chieftain marks the site of the Battle of the Curleius, which took place in 1599.
So thats the end of my lovely weekend away and as they say time flies when your having fun. What all did you get up to this weekend?
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I had a totally boring weekend! Still what can compare to your fantastic trip? It all looks so wonderful. XXX
ReplyDeleteAll beautiful pictures, I say if I ever get to travel overseas, I want to see Ireland and Australia....
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glenda@ Serendipity Cottage
wow...gorgeous pictures! xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely way to spend the weekend!Oh I have so many wonderful memories of our holiday in Ireland some years back.We had the warmest of welcomes and nothing was ever too much trouble.
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Bellaboo
Thank you all for your nice comments on my weekend trip, I really enjoyed the break
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