It has never been occupied, save by a large force of police quartered in it not very long ago by Mr.Tener in readiness for an expedition against the Castle of Cloondadauv, to the scene of which he promises to drive me to-morrow on my way back to Dublin.

It is thoroughly well built, and might easily be made a most delightful residence.

The views which it commands of the Shannon are magnificent, and there are many fine trees about it.
The old man who has charge of it is a typical Galway retainer of the old school.

The "boys," he says, once tried to "boycott" him because he was the pound-master; but he showed fight, and they let him alone.

He pointed out to me from the top of the house, in the distance, the residences of Colonel Hickie, and of the young Lord Avonmore, who lately succeeded on the death of his brother in the recent Egyptian expedition.
The place is now shut up, and the owners live in France.
We visited too the Portumna Union before driving home.