Not all castles are about old history, but almost every cliff is beautiful

On our way out of Letterkenny, we visited Glenveagh and the castle of John Adair. John was an interesting fellow. Categorized as a gentleman farmer, he was ruthless. He made his money during the great famine by buying up land and estates from people who could no longer hold them. He evicted all of the tenant farmers from his land and built this castle around 1860.The castle is barely 150 years old. It was lived in until 1983 when it was gifted to the Irish state as a national park. Strange enough, being on the inside felt more like visiting my grandparents' house in the 1950s. 






A bit of Texas history thrown in here for all of you Texans. John Adair moved to the Palo Duro area of Texas sometime in the 1860-1870 timeframe. He bought up a large ranch. His primary caretaker of the property was Charles Goodnight or Goodnight-Loving cattle trail fame. 

On the way to the Sandhouse hotel, we stopped at some of the most beautiful cliffs in Ireland. Slieve League is actually higher than the Cliffs of Moher and in some ways more beautiful. Here's are a picture that doesn't do it justice.


Now we're on to the Christy Moore concert in Castlebar, County Mayo.






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