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One of my most favourite places to visit in all of Ireland.
Lismore Castle has been the Irish home of the Dukes of Devonshire since 1753 and is possibly the most spectacular castle in Ireland. Situated in a panoramic position overlooking the Blackwater Valley it has views over rolling, wooded hills to the Knockmealdown Mountains beyond. Whilst being totally private, the Castle is on the outskirts of the Heritage Town of Lismore and a mere 200 yard walk to all its amenities.
Lismore Castle is located in the town of Lismore, in County Waterford in the Republic of Ireland. It was largely re-built in the Gothic style during the mid-nineteenth century by William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.
The castle site was originally occupied by Lismore Abbey, an important monastery and seat of learning established in the early 7th century. It was still an ecclesiastical centre when Henry II, King of England stayed here in 1171, and except for a brief period after 1185 when his son King John of England built a 'castellum' here, it served as the episcopal residence of the local bishop. In 1589 Lismore, was leased and later acquired by Sir Walter Raleigh, who sold the property during his imprisonment for High Treason in 1602 to another famous adventurer, Richard Boyle, later 1st Earl of Cork.
Mom inside the dome.
Pic from the fantastic City Museum I took my nephew to in St. Louis.
The City Museum is absolutely fantastic for children or active adults, and a trip to St. Louis is worthwhile just for this attraction alone!
Some of the found objects that composed the structure of the city museum was bona fide classical architecture, particularly in their Architecture Museum section. This little dome looked to be one such piece, like it came out of someone's ritzy garden or off the top of some towered castle somewhere.
Founded in 1495 by William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, establish King's College, making it Scotland's third-oldest university and the fifth-oldest in the English-speaking world.
Aerial View, Edge Observation Deck, Hudson Yards, Classic Architecture, Midtown Manhattan, New York City
