Bunratty Castle, Ireland

DAY 3: Brian & Cath decided to take us to Bunratty Castle/folk village, located at Limerick (thanks to them for taking us all the way). Bunratty Castle is a huge tourist attraction in the town of Bunratty. It is owned by Shannon Heritage

Bunratty Castle, meaning “Castle at the Mouth of the Ratty” is a large tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It lies in the centre of Bunratty village. The name Bunratty, Bun Raite in Irish, means the ‘bottom’ or end of the ‘Ratty’ river. This river, alongside the castle, flows into the nearby Shannon estuary.

Vertical Mill – a rural undershot watermill and the Horizontal Mill – a working corn mill based on findings of an excavation in Mashangla Co. Cork. This type of mill is described in Irish Law texts from a 1000 years ago.

Group photo, everybody, kiss Clarissa!

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