After a late night we had slept in and decided to just go to Listowel Castle ruin today. It is another tower house castle built by the Fitzmaurice family in the 15th century and was the last bastion against Queen Elizabeth's forces in the First Desmond Rebellion.
Today only two of the four towers remain.
View from the back with our very knowledgeable tour guide. You can also see the Listowel race track where weeklong horse races will be held just after we leave. The middle is a farm and land is leased to the race company twice a year for races.
View of the castle from the river - this was actually the front.
St Mary's Church
Listowel Arms, the only hotel in Listowel. There are however countless B&Bs. Larger than it looks, it has 40 rooms and three restaurants. Also a terrace that overlooks the racetrack.
We went back to the Horseshoe for dinner - not much else was open on Sunday. But it was worth going to!
Brie starter
Roast Duck
Lamb Cutlets
And we finally got some Banoffee Pie
Did I already mention that the food is far better here than rumored? We have not had a bad meal, really not even an only so-so meal. It's all been very good to excellent.
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