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Extract from the Newcastle West Travel Guides:
Between Rathkeale and Newcastle West a signpost points to Ardagh, the ring fort where the wonderful Ardagh Chalice was found in 1868 (it's now in the Dublin National Museum). The site here is unimpressive, however, and it's not worth dragging yourself off the main road. Press on, instead to
NEWCASTLE WEST
to look at the
Desmond Banqueting Hall
(mid-June to mid-Sept daily 9.30am-6.30pm, 1/?1.27). The hall is on the main square and very little fuss is made of it; but it's part of a scattered and hidden complex of ruined buildings - a keep, a peel tower, a bastion and curtain wall. Even though this was once the principa...
read the whole Newcastle West Travel Guides...
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