From MRCTV, by Zach Montanaro Ireland appears to have a new landmark. It’s quite an odd sight at first glance: a perfect Celtic cross growing in Donegal forest in Ireland. Passengers who had been flying into Derry airport recently started…
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Mussendun Temple and Downhill Demesne, County Derry, Northern Ireland
Who wouldn’t want a library on a sea cliff, facing the North Sea? Well, not quite the North Sea, but Close! I had heard of this place from Michele Erdvig, who has a great forum and guidebook called Irelandyes. I knew…
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Posted in History, Photography, Travel
Posted in History, Photography, Travel
Mussenden Temple and Downhill Demesne, Northern Ireland
Mussenden Temple is a library situated on a cliff edge in County Derry, Northern Ireland. The beach it looks over was used in filming the Game of Thrones (when Melisandre burnt the Seven Gods). It was built in 1785, as…
Tagged with: archealogy, architecture, art, castle, celtic, cliff, coast, derry, game of thrones, history, ireland, library, northern ireland, ocean, ruin, water
Posted in Art, History, Photography, Travel
Posted in Art, History, Photography, Travel
