Hugh Lane Gallery

Today I spent a very enjoyable couple of hours at the Hugh Lane Gallery, this is a wonderful but compact Gallery at the top of O'Connell Street in Dublin. There is a wide range of genres to view including Francis Bacon's Studio and a collection of Harry Clarke stained glass.  

Johnstown Castle

Johnstown Castle & Gardens is in Wexford and is incredibly easy to find. The Castle is 19th Century in date, even though the Estate dates back to the 11th Century when an English family called the Esmondes settled in the area shortly after the Norman invasion in 1169. The castle now houses the Agricultural Museum, …