Unusual Corkscrew Shaped “The Wonderful Barn” in Ireland

The wonderful Barn is a corkscrew shaped barn situated on the edge of Castle Town House Estate of the Conolly Family close to the border of Leixlip and Celbridge in Ireland. The magnificent Barn actually has a stone staircase that winds around the outside leading to the top. Moreover; every floor has a hole in the center permitting the grain to be passed through. The barn was constructed as a part of famine relief project to grain barn and as an English garden type folly. It was built in the years immediately following the famine of 1740-41 as there as a need for new grain stores in case of another famine. It was so catastrophic Irish famine which killed approximately 38 percent of Irish population. The Barn has a height of 21 meters, the conical shaped is not only a protuberant feature in the rural landscape but also consider a technical and engineering attainment for the period in which it was built.  The wonderful Barn actually inspired the building of a similar structure famous as the Bottle Tower in Churchtown, Dublin close to Rathfarnham. Contrasting the Wonderful Barn, though the Bottle Tower is in ruins with floors and other timber work long disappeared and the winding stone steps are not considered harmless to ascend, making the Superb Barn the only surviving building of this kind in Ireland. The Wonderful Barn is definitely a worth trip out, and is a well setting for a stroll.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remarkable Headland “Downpatrick” Ireland

About five kilometer north of the village of Ballycastle in Mayo County near the Ireland coast stands a remarkable headland named “Downpatrick Head”. It is 126 feet above the sea, and it offers fanciful views of the Atlantic, the Staggs of Broadhaven to the west, and high cliffs along the shore. The name Downpatrick Head is derived from a time when St Patrick himself discovered a church there. The ruin of church is still there, a stone cross and holy well at the top of Downpatrick Head. This was once a common pilgrim destination, and last Sunday of July is the busiest days due to famous for Garland Sunday to hear mass at this mysterious place. In the 2nd World War II, a beautiful coastguard watch house was built here, now is used for the viewing of several species of birds that visit high cliffs. Moreover; cutoff from the mainland and lying 80 meters from the shore is a breathtaking sea stack famous as Dun Briste or “the broken fort”. The sea stack got unglued from the mainland in 1393 as a result of high seas, and the many people living on the cliffs had to be rescued by ships ropes. The sea stack is stunning to behold because you can grasp the layers upon layers of multi-colored rock strata. Dun Briste is approximately 63 meter by 23 meters, and 45 meters high. The cliffs in the area, including the stack, were constructed in the Lower Carboniferous period, a geological term applied to a time about 350 million years ago, when the sea temperatures around Ireland were much higher than today. Local legends tell a diverse story though. The folklore tells that a pagan chieftain once lived on the spot where the stack now stands. When he refused to transform into Christianity, St Patrick struck the ground with his crozier, splitting a chunk of the headland off into the ocean, with the chieftain on top. Every year, Downpatrick is haunted by birdwatchers that come to witness and record the several diverse species which take up positions on the stratified face of the stack as the seasons change. In May end and early June, the headland itself is a blaze of color when the sea-pink comes into bloom.

Source: Charismatic Planet

“The Dark Hedges” A Magical Tree Lined Road in Ireland

It is extremely difficult to believe that up until 15 years ago, only local inhabitants knew about that remarkable road. The Dark Hedges in County Antrim, Ireland is a gorgeously eerie avenue of beech trees that were planted by the Stuart family back in the 1750s. That makes these gnarly trees almost 300 years old! The Stuart family's tantalizing to create a stunning landscape to impress its visitors as they approached the entrance to their mansion, the Gracehill House. Now, these days the Dark Hedges has become one of the most photographed natural phenomena in Northern Ireland. You may notice the perplexing scene from the hit HBO series "Game of Thrones," as it's served as a setting for the famous Kingsroad. This striking place was a real gem of a find," wrote by photographer Christopher Tait. "Not in the guide books but we eventually found a tourist guy that knew where it was. A stunning view of 300 year old beach trees lines the road. Some of trees have recently been felled as they were starting to fall but it is fairly a magical place.

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