My Irish Home

White Fallow Deer in Autumn Light

A striking Anglo-Norman castle built in 1184, situated along the shores of the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland, about 2.5 miles east of Portaferry. Was used as the location for Castle Stokeworth  in 'Game of Thrones' where Jaime Lannister and Bronn hatched a plot to retrieve Princess Myrcella from Dorne.

Crumlin Glen Waterfall pouring like a river of Guinness in Autumn (every Irishman's wish!). The colour of the fall is caused by rainwater having run through peaty bogland.

A wild and secretive place.

The Murder Hole, Boyeeghter Bay, Donegal

Deep in Tollymore Forest you will find the gothic Foley's Bridge, built in 1787, which crosses over the Shimna river gorge. It's one of several gothic bridges in this 1600 acre magical woodland at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, near Newcastle, County Down. Popular with the film industry, the forest has been used for filming locations for 'Game of Thrones' and 'Dracula Unbound'.

Sunset, Haulbowline Lighthouse, Carlingford Lough, County Down

'The old Oak Tree, the Giant's Ring' This old oak tree sits alone on top of an 11ft high circular earthwork bank called the 'Giant's Ring', that surrounds a henge enclosure 596ft in diameter (6.9 acres), in the middle of which sits a neolithic tomb at least 2700BC consisting of 5 upright stones and a capstone.