Malahide Castle

Saturday the 11th we had our first included excursion to Wicklow Mountains National Park and the Glendalough monastery. Unfortunately, I had started feeling really sick at this point, I think due to traveller's sickness from being in a new environment. I had a migraine, stomach cramps, and felt like I needed to puke at some points. I took a ton of …

... was closed due to icy paths so we ended up catching the dart (fancy term for train) out to malahide and went to see the malahide castle. It was a bit drizzly but it was the perfect weather to be walking through the forest path out to the castle. It was ...

... now. Still, as a 1000 year old city, it was interesting. We stayed in a suburb of Dublin called Malahide. Like so many other places in Ireland, it has a castle. Thankfully, we'd had enough of them by now, so we did a quick a 'walk by' and walked ...

... gourmet capital of the East Coast and the Malahide Castle set on 250 acres of parkland. First on our list was a visit to Malahide Castle. The journey through the park to get to there set the mood for this beautifully preserved castle. In 1185, ...

... town, it is nice but wasn't overwhelmed by it either; but I have to admit I am very bias to Howth. I sound so down on Malahide but have started finding my favorite places and now can't help but compare. For me, Howth is so much quainter and less full of ...

... fish and chips! 10. You can find Georgian Style homes everywhere 11. Lots of regency chairs and rococo decor in castles in Malahide 12. They don't serve ice in their drinks 13. freezed dried coffee crystals are good! 14. Dublin castle has a cool ...

... marked, and we briefly got lost, but we did find our route again without too much trouble. Missed the final turning to Malahide Castle, despite the giant billboard, so maybe the signage was not entirely to blame. Malahide Castle was the home of the ...

... the odd and interesting. We woke up early and made the short trip to the coastal town of Malahide. We were on a mission to see Malahide Castle, and we wished and hoped and did a little dance for no rain. Luckily, the weather held up okay and we even got ...

... so we decided to head back to the main town and walk around a bit looking at some of the shops.  We walked over to the castle at Malahide, but once again decided not to go in as it was very expensive and we don't want to pay money to look at antique ...

A friend of mine from Belfast came down and stayed with us in the hostel. We went up north to Malahide to see my two favorite Irish bands perform at the castle grounds- Duke Special and Bell X1. It was fantastic, and very fun to see a concert at a ...

... the city to get my bearings, since I havent been here since this time last year. And then jumped on a train out to see Malahide castle and to have a wonder around the town grabbed a nice little lunch and then slowly made my way back to Dublin and to ...