1618 witnessed Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde, completing Portumna Castle at a cost of £10,000 where this "probably finest and most sophisticated house of its period in Ireland" combined Jacobean elegance with semi-fortified defensive features overlooking Lough Derg wh…
Portumna is a small place in County Galway. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.