Showing posts with label Donegal Town. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donegal Town. Show all posts

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Donegal Town

Our travels took us to Donegal Town around nightfall on July 12. The town is situated on the River Eske in County Donegal, Ireland.

Clar Church or St. Agatha's Church (Roman Catholic)
River Eske

Low tide

A helpful reminder for American tourists at the Diamond, the town center

My nightly dose of clarity served up in the Market House Restaurant

Church of Ireland, Donegal Parish

The Olde Castle Bar and Restaurant

Donegal Castle

Donegal Castle

Donegal Castle

Donegal Castle


The Olde Castle Bar and Red Hugh's Restaurant, right next to Donegal Castle

The Diamond with obelisk commemorating the Four Masters

The pharmacy is gone but the mosaic remains.


The River Eske, later

Say, that boat looks familiar...

Rising tide


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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Lough Eske Castle

Windmills spanned the countryside on our ride up to Donegal Town in Ireland last month. Just off the N15 was our hotel, Lough Eske Castle. The original castle facade is impressive indeed, while luxurious guest rooms are located in a large modern addition that extends to the back and side. The grounds are generously covered with figurative sculpture in bronze, most notably of a nude in the garden and a fanciful dragon on the front lawn. One of the hotel clerks had some questions regarding Donald Trump for me, an American abroad, which I fielded as best I could.

Windmills

Lough Eske Castle from the garden. The guest rooms are in the modern addition on the right and in other wings.

A female nude

Sculpture at the pool

Owl sculpture


Dragon

Fire-breather

Fountain

Airborne

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Note:  Throwing tomatoes down onto the peasants is not permitted.


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