Bronagh Joyce: Major John Mc Bride
Bronagh Joyce, of the Westport Heritage Centre, talks about Major John Mc Bride who has born (7 May 1868) in the (now) Helm Bar at the Quay, Westport at a tour of the Quay in conjunction with National Heritage Week 2015.
John Mayock Talks About The Origons Of Westport Town
John Mayock Talks About The Origons Of Westport Town
Major John Mac Bride; Some Mac Bride Descendents From The Quay
Hilary Mac Bride introduces direct descendents of Major John Mac Bride at the opening of an exhibition of memoribilia in The Custom House Studio, The Quay, Westport on the 100th anniversary of his execution on 05.05.1916. 05.05.2016
Major John Mc Bride and Maud Gonne by Mary Mac Bride Walsh
Major John Mc Bride as portrayed by her grand uncle Mary Mac Bride Walsh. 16.03.2016
Game of Thrones - Ballygally Castle Hotel - Door Number 9
The Irish Doors from the Game of Thrones Seasons - when trees fell in The Dark Hedges - they were crafted into beautiful pub doors that are located around Northern Ireland. Here is Door 9 - Ballygally Castle Hotel. If you're a fan of Game of Thrones - these doors are a must see! This stop on GOT tour is door 9 from the series of 10. Ballygally is a beautiful little town worth checking out as well - as is the Castle Hotel!
Game of Thrones is a movie series that succeeded at attracting a huge number of audience to it and it even completed the success through making several episodes. This movie series was filmed in different countries around the world but most of the scenes were in Northern Ireland and this helped us in making several tours to check those filming locations and at the same time get the chance to see those wooden art doors.
For those who are not familiar with the Dark Hedges, which also happen to be one of the different locations in which the movie was filmed; it is the street where about 150 beech trees were planted back then as an atmospheric tunnel to serve as an entrance to the house that James Stuart built back in 1775 ( Because of being old enough, some of these trees fell down and even other ones are threatened to fall down with any bad weather conditions. When some of these trees fell, they were transformed to those wooden doors which are placed in some bars and pubs around the country.
One of these different places and where door number 9 is found is the Ballygally Castle Hotel. Ballygally Castle is located in the village of Ballygally in county Antrim and overlooks the sea at the Ballygally Bay. This 17th century old building has been turned into a hotel and is reputed as one of the most haunted places in all of Ulster due to the ghost room that it has and the stories about the ghosts living in the round tower attached to it and which is known as The Haunted Tower (
The stories of the ghosts living in this castle might make some people scared from booking a room in it, but there are others who just get excited to know more about the story since this part is not open for the public to sleep in; it is just used as a place where they could check and read more about those stories related to the ghosts. There are actually different stories for different ghosts which are believed to visit the place; the most famous ones are Isobel Shaw who was the former resident and who is considered the most active, she tends to knock on the doors and disappear, and there is also Madame Nixon who used to live in the hotel in the 19th century and who could be heard walking around the hotel with her silk dress.
Visitors might not get the chance to experience any of these visits by the ghosts, but they could definitely come up to the ghost room which is not used as a room for the hotel and which tells the story of the whole thing through the pictures and the writings which are hanged on the wall.
the main reason behind visiting this place for some people might be to check the door of Game of Thrones and see the beautiful details made out of wood, and there are those who tend to visit the Ballygally Castle Hotel for the purpose of the haunted tower; so you could combine both things and visit the place for different reasons.
Door number 9 which is found in the hotel depicts the famous battle between House Stark and House Bolton in the penultimate episode of season 6; those who have seen the movie will see that this appeared through what is carved on the door: the crests of House Bolton and House Stark, Ramsey Bolton's hungry dogs and Winterfell Castle.
We loved the place and loved exploring this door from the movie and checking the whole place in general. There are other different doors which we have also been to, such as door number 3 in the Percy French Restaurant ( door number 4 in the Blakes of the Hollow Pub ( door number 6 in the Fullerton Arms ( door number 8 in Mary McBride's Bar ( as well as door number 10 in the Dark Horse Bar (
We loved the place, what do you think?
Some of the best locations around Ireland / Northern Ireland and further afield. A travel blog/vlog of the hidden treasures that are on our doorstep.
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Willie McBride Parody Matt Molloy's (Nov 2010)
Mick Lavelle entertaining at Matt Molloy's Pub.
100 Years - RTÉ - Brian Farrell - 31 December (2000)
A look back at the Irish and world events of 31 December in the 20th Century.
1900 Opening of the new century
1918 Irish Independent editorial - Countess Markiewicz - Maud Gonne MacBride
1931 Robert O'Flaherty - Man of Aran
1940 Dr James Ryan - food shortage
1955 Teddy Boys - vandalism - Christchurch
1961 Opening of Telefís Éireann - Éamon de Valera - Siobhán McKenna - Micheál MacLíammóir - Gresham Hotel
1975 Train crash - Clough Bridge, Tubberneering - Gorey, Co. Wexford
1998 Euro currency launched; funeral of Cathal Goulding
1999 Last sunset of the millennium - celebrations
1981 Galway Oyster Festival 2 - Dan the Street Singer with Donncha O Dulaing
Michael Moran of landmark Moran's bar discusses some of the famous people who have visited the bar and the Oyster Festival. 00:01:16 Dan the Street Singer (real name Basil Morahan from Louisburgh, Co Mayo) sings The Old Bog Road for Donncha O Dulaing, as he gathers material for an episode of his popular radioshow Highway & Byways. Interviewer/ Video Richard Murphy.
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