Someone (we think it was a travel brochure) informed us that this was the most romantic castle in all of Ireland. Still, it was a little out of our way AND we had already spent an exhaustingly long day seeing a lot of beautiful things and driving and stuff... But besides it be allegedly the most romantic, we also heard that half of it fell into the ocean, so we decided to drive out and see
We arrived a little after it closed. Our camera battery was dead, so these pictures are from the internet.
We made up stories about why it was the most romantic. Most of the stories included an element about the castle falling into the see and some tragic lost love.
If you'd prefer wikipedia to that kind of fancy, you can read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunluce_Castle. This next picture shows part of the grounds we were able to explore because it wasn't "inside" (which was locked for the night). We got to see most of it.
Before we went up the stairs to the underside of the arched bridge in this picture above, Nicole found an opening in the rock on the right that lead to a cave. There was a HUGE cavern underneath the far end of the castle! It was difficult to get to, but it was well worth it. We decided that this was why this was the most romantic castle:
This picture from online is a great representation of it. They had it labeled as "Mermaid's Cave."
We arrived a little after it closed. Our camera battery was dead, so these pictures are from the internet.
We made up stories about why it was the most romantic. Most of the stories included an element about the castle falling into the see and some tragic lost love.
If you'd prefer wikipedia to that kind of fancy, you can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunluce_Castle. This next picture shows part of the grounds we were able to explore because it wasn't "inside" (which was locked for the night). We got to see most of it.
Before we went up the stairs to the underside of the arched bridge in this picture above, Nicole found an opening in the rock on the right that lead to a cave. There was a HUGE cavern underneath the far end of the castle! It was difficult to get to, but it was well worth it. We decided that this was why this was the most romantic castle:
This picture from online is a great representation of it. They had it labeled as "Mermaid's Cave."
Wow, that's fantastic! Sad though that you missed it while it was open! But really neat cavern. Jalous.
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