Gary's 2005 Ireland Pictures

TRIM
Baile Atha Troim

Trim Castle

Trim Castle
The eastern side (where the tower has collapsed) is on the left of this photo.

Inside of Trim Castle
The photos above and below were taken in the interior of the fortress. You can see a ledge where the floor was laid.

Inside of Trim Castle
In this picture, you can see the ledges for the floors of two of the levels.

Part of Talbot Castle (left) and remains of Yellow Steeple (right)
This is the bridge that you would need to use to get across the River Boyne to see Talbot Castle and the Yellow Steeple up close.

Talbot Castle (left) and remains of Yellow Steeple (right)

A better photograph of Talbot Castle and Yellow Steeple. The man who became the first Duke of Wellington (after he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo) went to school at the Talbot Castle until he was 17. Then he went to Oxford and into the military. Later he became Prime Minister of England. Even though he was born in Ireland and had his early education there, he later denied that he was Irish. He said that a person could be born in a stable without being a horse. That must have been insulting to the Irish at the time, but I guess what he meant is that he was descended from English, since so many English had settled in Ireland.

A chimney.