Anglers Rest, Limavady |
Map of the Causeway Coastal Route |
Drive up to the Gortmore Viewpoint for views of Limavady and Magilligan Point |
Climbing Bishops Road from Temple Cove |
Golden Sands Caravan Parks, Limvady |
Driving up to the Gortmore Viewpoint |
Gortmore Viewpoint |
Gortmore Viewpoint |
Magilligan Point, the north end of the Causeway Coast |
Lush Irish Green beneath Gortmore Viewpoint |
Celtic God of the Sea, Gortmore Viewpoint |
Manannán Mac Lir, the Celtic God of the Sea by John Darren Sutton |
Descending back down the 10% grade to rejoin the Causeway Coast scenic route |
Lions Gate to Downhill Demesne |
The "Lions" look more like bulldogs to me |
Vast fields of Downhill Demesne heading towards Downhill House |
Southern face of Downhill House, late 18th C. Estate of the Earl-Bishop |
Built 1775, destroyed by fire in 1851, rebuilt in the 1870s, and once again a ruin since after WWII |
Gate from the courtyard to the fortress-like north half of Downhill House |
18th C. walls on the north side of Downhill House |
Mussenden Temple, atop the seaside cliffs of Downhill Demesne |
Mussenden Temple, constructed in 1785 as a library for the Earl-Bishop of Derry |
Mussenden Temple is dedicated to the memory of Frideswide Mussenden, the Earl-Bishop's cousin |
Bare bricks of the dome of Mussenden Temple |
Downhill Strand from Mussenden Temple |
Downhill Strand on the north coast of Ireland |
Railway tunnel passing through the cliff at Downhill Demesne along the Strand |
Downhill Strand |
Clifftop Mussenden Temple, Downhilll Demesne |
Mussenden Temple, in danger from cliff erosion since its construction in 1785 |
Railroad along Downhill Strand |
Tower of the farmyard portion of Downhill Demesne |
School group leaving through the Bishop's Gate, Downhill Demesne |
Leaving Co. Londonderry, Entering County Antrim, Portrush |
Portrush East Strand, Co. Antrim |
White Rocks, Causeway Coast |
White Rocks Cliffs, Cretaeous Period, 85 million years ago |
Dunluce Castle, Bushmills, Northern Ireland |
Ruins of Dunlace Castle, seat of Clan McDonnell, 13th C. |
Blending with the sea cliffs, the ruins of Dunlace Castle |
Model of Dunlace Castle |
Model of Dunlace Castle |
The Funnel, Dunlace Castle |
Crossing the bridge to the ruins of Dunlace Castle |
Ruined gatehouse, Dunclace Castle |
Dunlace Castle fell into ruins after the MacDonnells ended up on the losing side of the 1690 Battle of the Boyne |
Manor House, Dunlace Castle |
The Manor House was built in 1620 by Randall MacDonnell |
Ruins of the Manor House, Dunlace Castle |
Green-covered cliffs from Dunlace Castle |
Courtyard surrounded by the ruins of Dunlace Castle |
Courtyard surrounded by the ruins of Dunlace Castle |
The White Cliffs stretching to the west of Dunlace Castle |
The White Cliffs stretching to the west of Dunlace Castle |
White Cliffs framed through the ruins |
Yellow flowers on a gray day, Dunlace Castle |
Ruins of Dunlace Castle situated atop the coastal cliffs |
Ruins of Dunlace Castle situated atop the coastal cliffs |
"Old Bushmills" Distillery, Co. Antrim |
"Old Bushmills" Distillery on a Bank of Ireland 5 Pound note |
Mirror of "Old Bushmills" winner of the Grand Prize at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair |
Display case at the Bushmills Distillery visitor center |
Old Bushmills Whiskey |
Old Bushmills Irish Whiskey |
The Old Bushmills Distillery Co. Ltd. 1608 |
Finn MacCool's Public House, Main Street, Bushmills |
War Memorial in the center of Bushmills |
War Memorial in the center of Bushmills |