This is Portumna Castle, part restored after a fire. Its a fantastic building, although the OPW has run out of money to restore the inside. 
We drove round Lough Derg after visiting Portumna, but unfortunately there were not many opportunities to see the Lough. We did stop at this car park for the Holy Island. We couldnt travel across but then this 'boat' looked a little precarious!
This is Emo Court. We were lucky to get a personal tour around the lower ground floor as we were early and many people were drifting to the house from the Farmers Market in Emo village. It was a gorgeous house, restored over the last few decades to resemble how it was initially intended to be by the architect - the first time ever.
Charleville Castle, Tullamore. Didnt have enough time to go inside, but we took a couple of pics outside and I took awhile trying to get the Irish flag just right!!
Galway Cathedral was stunning and huge! This is one of the stained glass windows.
This is Dunguaire Castle, just outside Kinvarra and a few miles south of Galway City. We didnt go in the castle, but walked around it and then headed into the town of Kinvarra in Very Hot weather!
This is Kinvarra from Dunguaire Castle. A lovely historical town, but thank goodness for the air conditioned modern Londis!!
A water pump painted in the colours of the Irish flag! Had to stop and take a photo!
We stayed in an area of Ireland well know for its bogs. Here you can see the bog being cut for peat to burn on fires. 
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