Bantry
House, Bantry, Co Cork
Overlooking Bantry Bay is Bantry House, built through
the efforts of the White family. The house was originally
built in 1720 and has undergone many changes and periods
of growth.
Birr
Castle, Birr, Co Offaly
Founded in 1620 by the Parsons, later the Earls of Rosse,
the Parsons family has managed to keep a firm hold on
their estate and have done a marvelous job of keeping
the castle, as well as the grounds, in such fine glory.
Blarney
Castle, Blarney, Co Cork
Built by Dermot McCarthy in 1446, little is left of Blarney
Castle today but the tremendous stone walls, two spiral
stairwells and the dungeons, yet hundreds of thousands,
if not millions, of visitors from all over the world flock
to it to kiss the legendary Blarney Stone each year.
Bray,
Co Wicklow
Bray was once a refined Victorian Resort that attracted
people from all over Ireland and the UK. At the height
of popularity visitors could take advantage of a bath
house, boating, lawn games, fishing and a seafront aquarium.
Bunratty
Castle & Folk Park, Bunratty, Co Clare
The castle has had few residents but its most important
was the O'Brien's, the Earls of Thomond, from 1500 until
1624, when the so-called "Great Earl" died. The castle
was finally abandon in the last century and left to ruin
until Lord Gort saw its potential.
The
Burren, Co Clare
The Burren region of North Clare derives its name from
the Irish word Boireann, which means "rocky land", the
perfect name for an area of land that more resembles a
lunar surface than a place for exotic and rare plant species.
