#bonamargy

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Bonamargy Friary est. 1485

Ballycastle, Northern Ireland

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Bonamargy Friary

When I saw the name Bonamargy Friary when I was doing my research for this adventure, I just tossed the name into the list and didn't bother looking it up. I reasoned that since we were already in the area, we will surely pass by this place. True enough we really passed by the friary. But I didn't expect it to look like this. The Bonamargy Friary is now in ruins. It wasn't a huge area, so it was easy enough to get around in. The roof of the friary is now gone. For some reason it seems to be the first to go. Probably because the roofs weren't make of durable material like the walls. It is also possible that the roofs were in such a bad conditions that they needed to tear them down lest it falls on someone.

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Going to Bonamargy Friary

It was getting late in the afternoon and we still weren't even halfway our itinerary. We decided that we have to cut the trip short since we underestimated the time to explore certain places. We just finished exploring Ballintoy Harbour. This is not the first time I have been to Ballintory. There are more famous landmarks here probably the most famous one here is the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge which included not just a rope bridge but also amazing cliff side scenery which seems to be common here. We decided to make our way to Belfast to have dinner. It would still be a long way off, fortunately, I wasn't driving. Along the road to Belfast, saw a sign about a friary. I remember there was a mention of a friary in the vicinity.

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