Between the rain showers and family visiting we spent a couple of days touring locally. Thursday we spent most of the day at Glenveagh Castle and the national park. The castle was built on Lough Veagh in the 1800’s and was used as a private residence and hunting lodge until around 50 years ago; eventually it was donated to Ireland’s National Park System. We took a tour inside the castle but the gardens, surrounding grounds and almond cake in the castle tea room are also worth the trip.
We spent Thursday night working on Mary’s family genealogy with all the cousins putting their heads together to make up a master list. The number of cousins came to over 160, so it’s no wonder I’ve been confused all these years.
Friday we traveled around Glen and Carrigart driving the hillsides overlooking Mulroy Bay searching for land that used to belong to Mary’s father. Afterward we drove to Rathmullan where we watched race horses training on the beach and then had a late lunch on Lough Swilly. Later we drove to Milford for dinner at the Milford Inn and came back to the cottage afterward for another session of cousin chat.
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