RHH's photos

ch Abbey is a ruined 12th century monastery on the banks of the River Quoile in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is near the city of Downpatrick. It was established by John de Courcy, populated with monks from northern England and was dissolved in 1541 during the reign of Henry VIII.

Saul Church was built in 1923 replacing an earlier wooden structure. It belongs to the Church of Ireland and is on the site where St. Patrick's work in Ireland is reputed to have begun. The steeple is built as a round tower, something common in old Ireland.

This is the stained glass window in Saul Church, County Down, Northern Ireland. The church belong to the Church of Ireland and is supposed to be built on the site where St. Patrick began his work in Ireland.

This is Dunluce Castle on the north coast of Northern Ireland not far west of Giant's Causeway. We were on a tour of the coast with a visitor but only stopped to take some photos from the car park. We had seen the ruins many times and did not want to pay the fee, s new thing since we lived in Northern Ireland. The castle was built in the 13th century by Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster. It was captured in the mid-1500's by Sorley Boy McDonnell and was abandoned in 1639 after a portion of the castle with several of its inhabitants fell into the sea.

This was taken at the end of a day touring the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland with a visitor. We ended the day in Portrush and had fish and chips on the Strand.with the Skerries visible on the horizon.

Permanently docked in the Alexandra drydock in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, Northern Ireland, the HMS Caroline, a light cruiser, is the only only surviving ship from the 1916 Battle of Jutland. She was commissioned in 1914 and decommissioned in 2011. She is the second longest-serving ship in the British Navy.

Goliath and Samson are the two huge shipbuilding gantry cranes in the old Belfast, Northern Ireland, shipyards. They are so large that they are Belfast landmarks. They are part of the Harland and Wolff complex and are still in use.

Once the residence of the Annesley family and the center of their vast estate, Castlewellan Castle is now part of the Castlewellan Historic Demesne, which includes an arboretum and walled garden started by the Annesleys and a forest park and lake open to the public. The castle is used as a Christian conference center and we were part of a conference held there last summer, the reason why we were in Northern Ireland. The castle overlooks a lake with the Mourne Mountains in the distance.

This is another photo from the Annesley Walled Garden at Castlewellan Historic Dsmesne in County Down, Northern Ireland. Established by the Annesley family in 1859, the area features an arboretum and walled garden. The garden lies on the former estate of the Annesley family near the castle which is now a Christian conference center.