newtown castle

When you are hiking and see a castle in the distance, walk toward it. You'll be surprised. The surprise might be that the castle is now a convenient fencepost for a farmer's cow pasture, or the surprise might be the carefully restored Newtown Castle at the Burren College of Art.

We hiked early one morning on the Burren Way in Ballyvaughan. The fog was climbing the limestone hills, as we were. We saw the tower in the distance and found our way there.