Castles of the Ireland

Ireland has one of the highest concentrations of castles anywhere in the world. There are over 2,000 tower houses (small castles) alone in the west central part of the emerald island. In the spring and fall of 2016, I traveled to Ireland to do some thalidomide medical-legal consulting. While there, of course, I visited as many castles as possible – including kissing the Blarney Stone. I also visited many other historic sites such as Irish monasteries and Newgrange. This is lecture three in my series of castle classes for NKA.