tourist attractions around ballinasloe portumna

Following England's glorious revolution in 1688, the deposed King James II fled to France to seek refuge with the Sun King, King Louis XIV. Together the Catholic kings planned to regain the English throne for James by ousting his successor and ironically, his son-in-law, William of Orange.
Now, re-live the day that changed the course of Irish and European history at the Battle of Aughrim Interpretative Centre, situated in Aughrim village on the main Galway-Dublin road, the N6. Move ba...

The impressive castle at Portumna was the seat of the Clanricarde Burkes, the most important landowners in County Galway. It was completed in 1617 by Richard Burke, the 4th Earl of Clanricarde, but was destroyed by fire in 1826.
The Office of Public Works has been involved in its restoration in recent times. It's a large building, rectangular in shape, with four square towers at the corners. It was one of the first buildings in Ireland with Renaissance features and is also noted for the...