The woods at Florence Court
Florence Court and a Postcard from Sligo, Fermanagh and Sligo, Ireland - 21st August 2019
We head back out into County Fermanagh and Florencecourt (the town) to visit Florence Court, the plantation-era house which even includes some artifacts from the actual William of Orange. Sadly, there's a bit of a fascist no-photography policy in the house itself, so there aren't any. Then, later in the day, Nosher drops Isobel and the boys off at a swimming pool on the outskirts of Sligo, and whilst they're splashing around drives into the town itself for a look around. Later on, after we've had dinner back in Manorhamilton at the Ósta Restaurant, we head into town with Noddy for a couple beers at Connolly's - one of the truly old-school bars around, run by the same people for at least fourty years and set in what amounts to someone's front room with a bar and a few extra shelves to put peanuts, beer bottles and other random drinks on.
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Isobel closes a wooden gate
Fred roams around with Camera B
The ornamental gardens are a bit on the soggy side
Harry stands by a Brigham four-in-hand buggy
Isobel roams around the courtyard
The boys play chess in the Captain's room
Isobel reads the papers as the boys play chess
Fred looks about
A window out onto the gardens
A teddy bear on an armchair
We get an introduction to the house from the guide
Walking along a collonaded path
A pair of cannon point out into the grounds
The front lawns
Fred's feet on top of the Ha-ha wall
We start the tour at the front door
Back in the courtyard
In the National Trust shop
The Rainbow Ballroom in Glenfarne
Impressive views of waterfalls on the Sligo road
Fred looks out over the valley
The ruins of Sligo Abbey
Sligo Abbey's tower
A small stone detail
Stone columns
More stone carvings in Sligo Abbey
A derelict and very wonky house
A Sligo back street
A weeping angel
A boarded up shop is an advert for an arts festival
It's hectic on O'Connell Street, Sligo
A dude plays the banjo on a street corner
O'Connell Street in Sligo
An empty shop with a hint of 1920's tiling
More cool old tiles
The 1901 Post Office on Lower Knox Street
The Garavogue River
The Knox Street Bridge
The Glasshouse, and a bit of the Yeats Building
Another bridge over the Garavogue on Bridge Street
Bridge Street
Pigeon feature
The footbridge over the Garavogue
Some backstreet graffiti
The wreck of a former night club
A statue of Jesus on a wall
Some fine carvings on a church
A malevolent-looking bishop leers from a wall
A building is being demolished at Clayton Hotel
Destroyed building and a pile of fibreglass
We're on the stairs to nowhere
The unused car park at W8 is open for some reason
Harry roams around
Teapot Lane in Manorhamilton
Some old carved stone sign
Fred oozes ennui out of the pizza-shop window
Apache Pizza in Manorhamilton
We see Noddy walking down Main Street
Harry - Gappy McGap-Face - and Isobel in Ósta
Ósta's restaurant
The old sculpture centre and off-licence
A modern toilet on an old drained floor
Noddy's on tin whistle in Connolly's Bar
It's very retro in Connolly's
Isobel and Noddy at the bar
Outside the legend that is Connolly's
Another Manorhamilton pub - The Milestone
Jak's Casino doesn't look like it's very happening
The Proclamation of the Irish Republic on a wall
The mystery of McMorrow Meats
Isobel and Noddy head back to W8
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The woods at Florence Court
The woods at Florence Court
Isobel closes a wooden gate
Fred roams around with Camera B
The ornamental gardens are a bit on the soggy side
Harry stands by a Brigham four-in-hand buggy
Isobel roams around the courtyard
The boys play chess in the Captain's room
Isobel reads the papers as the boys play chess
Fred looks about
A window out onto the gardens
A teddy bear on an armchair
We get an introduction to the house from the guide
Walking along a collonaded path
A pair of cannon point out into the grounds
The front lawns
Fred's feet on top of the Ha-ha wall
We start the tour at the front door
Back in the courtyard
In the National Trust shop
The Rainbow Ballroom in Glenfarne
Impressive views of waterfalls on the Sligo road
Fred looks out over the valley
The ruins of Sligo Abbey
Sligo Abbey's tower
A small stone detail
Stone columns
More stone carvings in Sligo Abbey
A derelict and very wonky house
A Sligo back street
A weeping angel
A boarded up shop is an advert for an arts festival
It's hectic on O'Connell Street, Sligo
A dude plays the banjo on a street corner
O'Connell Street in Sligo
An empty shop with a hint of 1920's tiling
More cool old tiles
The 1901 Post Office on Lower Knox Street
The Garavogue River
The Knox Street Bridge
The Glasshouse, and a bit of the Yeats Building
Another bridge over the Garavogue on Bridge Street
Bridge Street
Pigeon feature
The footbridge over the Garavogue
Some backstreet graffiti
The wreck of a former night club
A statue of Jesus on a wall
Some fine carvings on a church
A malevolent-looking bishop leers from a wall
A building is being demolished at Clayton Hotel
Destroyed building and a pile of fibreglass
We're on the stairs to nowhere
The unused car park at W8 is open for some reason
Harry roams around
Teapot Lane in Manorhamilton
Some old carved stone sign
Fred oozes ennui out of the pizza-shop window
Apache Pizza in Manorhamilton
We see Noddy walking down Main Street
Harry - Gappy McGap-Face - and Isobel in Ósta
Ósta's restaurant
The old sculpture centre and off-licence
A modern toilet on an old drained floor
Noddy's on tin whistle in Connolly's Bar
It's very retro in Connolly's
Isobel and Noddy at the bar
Outside the legend that is Connolly's
Another Manorhamilton pub - The Milestone
Jak's Casino doesn't look like it's very happening
The Proclamation of the Irish Republic on a wall
The mystery of McMorrow Meats
Isobel and Noddy head back to W8