01/04/2024

Easter Monday- let’s visit a castle! This is Doe Castle- ancestral home of the Mac Suibhne or MxcSweeney family - but possibly the O’Donnells were there first - the McSweeneys were Scottish mercenaries who came to fight for the O’Donnells back around the fifteenth century. The castle overlooks Sheephaven Bay in Donegal, it’s an arresting sight! It’s also the location of Donegal’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ story- Ailish and Turlough may not run off the tongue as easily, but they were the star-crossed lovers of Doe. Turlough, deemed not good enough for Ailish, died either by flinging himself from the battlements or at the hands of Ailish’s father- and poor Ailish pined away, now a lonely ghost who prowls the bay, haunting visitors who have the audacity to leave their litter in the car park.
A beautiful and serene place, put it on your must-visit list.
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