Although it's not officially in the Lecale region, whose inland ending is at Clough,
DUNDRUM
, just a few miles down the Newcastle road, has some quite spectacular ruins of a large Norman
castle
(April-Sept Tues-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 2-6pm; Oct-March Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 2-4pm; 75p). The town lies beside a hammer-headed tidal bay, with the ruins sitting dramatically above, a steep fifteen-minute walk uphill from the village. The castle has a central circular donjon ... [More]
Dundrum house was purchased by Austin & Mary Crowe in 1978 & opened as a hotel in 1981. Substantial & sensitive restoration of the Manor House has been complimented by the construction of a White Flag award winning health & leisure club and a wonderful 18-hole championship golf course designed by Ry... [More]