An Casaoireach / Famine Memorial Park, Tuamgraney, Co Clare This Famine Memorial Park or “Casaoireach” at Callahy, Tuamgraney is a permanent memorial to the people who died and were “buried” here during the Famine years of the 1840’s. The Scariff Workhouse Union, an...
O’Grady Castle, Tuamgraney, Co Clare. This Tower-House Castle, sometimes referred to as Tuamgraney Castle, was built in the 15thC by the O’Grady Clan to provide protection for the adjacent St. Cronan’s Church. The O’Grady’s were powerful ...
Holy Island / Inis Cealtra “Island of the Seven Churches”-“Island of the Burials” or “of Monastic Cells” Step back in time with a visit to Holy Island or Inis Cealtra – once in the territory of the Ó Grádaigh(O’Grady’s) – one of the most famous monastic...
Bunratty Castle / Caisleán Bhun Raithe / “Castle at the Mouth of the Ratty” is a large 15thC Tower House located in the picturesque village of Bunratty and is the most complete and authentically restored and furnished medieval castle in Ireland. Bunratty...
About Clare Abbey Clare Abbey is a ruined Augustinian Monastery located near Ennis, along the banks of the River Fergus, and was the first, largest and most important Augustinian House in Co Clare. It was founded some time prior to 1189, possibly by Donal ‘the Great’...
