#carrickfergus

[avocadosmitty]

Dermot performing "Carrickfergus" at Ireland 100: An Old Song Resung (x)

I wish I was in Carrickfergus Only for nights in Ballygrand I would swim over the deepest oceans The deepest ocean for my love to find But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over And neither have I wings to fly I wish I could find a handy boatman To ferry me over to my love and die My childhood days bring back sad reflections Of happy days so long ago My boyhood friends and my own relations Have all passed on now like the melting snow So I'll spend my days in endless roving Soft the grass, my bed is free Ah, to be home now in Carrickfergus On the long road down to the salty sea And in Kilkenny, it is reported On marble stone as black as ink With gold and silver, I did support her But I'll sing no more now ‘til I get a drink I’m drunk today, I’m rarely sober A handsome rover from town to town Oh, but I’m sick now and my days are numbered Come all ye young men and lay me down

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 30 September:

1430 – A great council meets at Dublin on this date; it states that Irish enemies and English rebels have conquered almost all of Limerick, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Wexford, Carlow, Kildare, Meath and Louth, so that hardly anything but Dublin remains in the colony. 1598 – The English poet Edmund Spenser is appointed Sheriff of Cork. 1691 – The first recorded meeting of the Presbyterian general synod…

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[kate-royal-style-world]

A Royal Recycling (part 267)  

Chris Kerr

[clickireland]

I love when the skies darken while the sun is still shinning as here at Carrickfergus Castle. #carrickfergus #castle #normancastle #history #ireland (at Carrickfergus Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbCLdDIUq1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lahilden]

Carrickfergus Castle

Carrickfergus Castle is located in the county of Antrim in Carrickfergus, Ireland. The Norman castle was built on the shore of Belfast Lough in 1177 by John de Courcy, but he was ousted by Hugh de Lacy in 1204. The castle has a long history of sieges and changing hands. The structure began with a 40-meter keep with four-meter-thick walls. The last building created was the stone gatehouse that had a portcullis and a drawbridge over a moat. In 1797, the castle was used to house prisoners of war and was heavily defended during the Napoleonic wars. It was used by the army until 1928 and served as a garrison and ordnance store during WWI and an air-raid shelter from 1939-1945 during WWII. Ownership was transferred to the government for preservation in 1928. The four-story castle has a second-story stair entrance. The ground floor has no windows and houses the castle’s water supply. The lord of the castle held court on the second floor, while the top floor housed his private accommodations.

[ulstersnapper]

B O X I N G D A Y 🌅 Cold temps and windchill meant going full "South Park Kenny" on today's Boxing day dander around Carrickfergus. #boxingday #ulstersnapper #viewruiner #rabequipment #moodygrams #moodytones #moodyskies #moodysky #belfastlough #carrickfergus #northernireland #discoverni #belfast #lough #discovernorthernireland #visitnorthernireland #visitbelfast #sunset #sunsetsky #sunsetskies #sunsetlover #sunsetlovers #sunsetsofinstagram #sunsetporn #sunsethunter #sundown #sundowner #whatasunset #skiesofinstagram #wintersunset (at Carrickfergus) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmo16OptRNy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[onlineantiques]

Lovely Antique Watercolour of Carrickfergus Castle, Georgina Beatrice McNeice eBay item number 234506455761 #countyantrim #countyantrimcoast #carrickfergus #northernireland #georginamcneice #georginagreer #artist #irishartist #irishart #antique #antiqueart #art #artforsale #antiqueshop #antiquedecor #antiques #antiquestore #antiquedecor https://www.instagram.com/p/Clej2wsoxTB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[poe-hall]

#Carrickfergus #antrim #northernireland #belfastlough #ulster #travel #wanderlust #Ireland (at Carrickfergus) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkiYF0sqBk3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=