Anyway, the road no longer goes through the town of Ballaghaderreen so it does go a bit quicker than before. No, that is NOT a miss-spelling - that is, in fact, the town name. I have heard people pronounce it "Balla-ha-dreen" but so, there it is.
Bear in mind there is a town near me and the sign says it's "Cloondara" but in the papers they spell it "Clondra" and that is how it is also pronounced. Take place names and such with a grain of salt in Ireland, just sayin....
So, on the N5 I decided to stop, shortly before Castlebar, at a ruin we could see from the road. Two things you will notice from these first shots: 1. We had a gorgeous, warm, sunny day, and 2. I apparently had a drop of water on my camera lens at some point...
The ruin is known as Turlough. In Irish it is Turlach.
Now this was interesting - you don't usually see an altar, so I was pretty amazed that this one still stands. It was worth the stop just for that!
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