April | 2024 | Knocklyon History Society

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On the edge of Carlingford Lough and at the base of the Cooley Mountains is picturesque Carlingford. Explore the medieval streets, try the famous local oysters and have a drink in a 16th century castle.

Images: discoverireland.ie/carlingford.

Outing Update
Departure time 9.30 a.m. sharp
Bus capacity 33

11a.m.tea/coffee/scone at Four Season’s Hotel

12 noon visit to Heritage Centre nearby

1p.m.-3p.m. Free time to visit this medieval town, the seaside, greenway or priory ruins.

3p.m.- 5p.m. in 2 groups guided tour of King John’s Castle. Earlier group finishing at 4p.m. are asked to be at the Bay Tree Restaurant at 4.50p.m. This is to enable us get started smartly as Restaurant has another booking later. Division of the 2 groups will take place on the bus.

6.30 – 6.45 Leave restaurant and depart for bus to leave sharp at 7.00p.m.arriving Dublin shortly after 8 p.m.

This trip is for members only.
All in cost: €80
Deposit: €20 at meeting May 8 meeting

Breakdown of costs per person
Bus €20, meal (2courses) €40, T/C/Scone €6.50, Entry to Heritage Centre €3
Guided tour of King John’s Castle €8.50 = €78 Tips borne mainly by the society.

BuÍochas,
Aoife.

Video: Carlingford Walkabout.

Beautiful Irish Town of Carlingford 4K 60 Walking Tour Ireland June 2023
Channel: Walking with Peter

Title: Spike Islland
Speaker: Gerry Lovett
Time: @ 7:45 PM
Location: Iona Pastoral Centre

About the Author:

Gerard Lovett is a retired member of An Garda Síochána and retired as a detective inspector in the Garda Special Branch in 2004. Since then, he was general secretary of the Garda Síochána Retired Members’ Association for seven years and was editor of their quarterly magazine Síocháin. He has written numerous articles on police history and has regularly given lectures to historical societies on both garda and RIC history, as well as famous historical murder cases.

Spike Island’s strategic location within the harbour meant it was used at times for defence and as a prison. Since the early 21st century the island has been developed as a heritage tourist attraction,^[4] with €5.5 million investment in exhibition and visitor spaces^[5] and accompanying tourism marketing.^[6] There were in excess of 81,000 visitors to the island during 2019, a 21% increase on 2018 numbers.^[7][8] Spike Island was named top European tourist attraction at the 2017 World Travel Awards.^[9]
Source: wikipedia

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