Newmarket-on-Fergus (Irish: Cora Chaitlín)(formorly known as Tradaree) is a village on the River Fergus roughly mid-way between Ennis and Limerick City in County Clare. Popular tourist attraction Bunratty Castle is nearby, but the village is best known as the home to Dromoland Castle, once the residence of the O' Briens of Thomond (the Lords Inchiquin), which is now a luxury hotel.
Limerick Golf Club is a mature par 72 parkland course measuring over 6,500 yards in length, with a number of holes designed by Dr. Alister McKenzie, architect of Lahinch and Augusta National, and others by John D. Harris.
The course starts of ...
Ennis Friary is an impressive 13th century Franciscan friary, founded by the O'Briens, of Thomond who once ruled much of north Munster, has numerous 15th/16th century sculptures carved in the local hard limestone.
Visitors may also view the s ...
The ancestral home of the O’Briens, barons of Inchiquin and direct descendants of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, this is one of the few Irish estates tracing its history back to Gaelic royal families, and it is now one of Ireland’s ...
A selective companion guide to our famous broad-based online collection, the ‘glovebox bible’ includes a uniquely diverse range of Ireland's greatest places to ...
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