(Received February 22, 2026)

Good day, Mr. O'Hara! I hope you and yours are doing well, and that this year has been kind to you thus far. I wanted to give you a little update from this branch of the O'Haras! Isabelle and I got to take another scouting trip to Ireland in the summer of 2025, and it was somehow even more magical than my first trip there in 2024. Isabelle was just as enchanted by the place as I was. And I wanted to use some of the time from this trip to explore ALL the O'Hara sites in Sligo! 

So, I can now say with pride that I have set foot on the familial grounds of Templehouse, Magh Imleach, Ballyara's castle ruins, Court Abbey, Banada Abbey, and the Inauguration Mound. We visited plenty of other places, but these stuck with me the most by far. I wanted to pass along these photos to put up on OHaras.com if it's not too much trouble! Whenever we go back again, I'm going to get 3D models of each of these places as well, so that way I can begin the project of making virtual reconstructions of these places and giving people a chance to see what they would've looked like at their height! That, along with the reforestation mission and the little Rainforest Bed and Breakfast, is the dream for us settling over there in Sligo!

Slán abhaile, a chara!

Logan Connor O'Hara

The photos depict: the ruins of Banada Abbey; good ol' Templehouse; the inside of Court Abbey; and the O'Hara Lunula, held in the National Museum! I wish I could send more .... Please let me know if you have any questions or if you'd like additional pictures of anything that's been mentioned!

Return to: Letters to Editor