(Received November 23, 2024)

Good day, Mr. O'Hara!  I go through my Ireland photos a few times a week, and I just recently realized that I hadn't sent you the best pictures I got of Templehouse and Magh Imleach, the O'Hara castles.  I think the only one that I sent over was a picture from the Abbey of Sligo!  .

I'm really proud of some of the shots I got.  I went to the Abbey of Cong and the monastery of Clonmacnois, as well as tons of natural and ancient sites like our clan's inauguration mound Cairn í Eadhra and the Glencar waterfall & loch.  I also visited Meabh's Cairn,  Carrowmore, Carrowkeel, Creevykeel, and the Caves of Keash among others while I was in Sligo.  

One of the best parts was staying in Annaghmore house with Durcan O'Hara and his wife Nicola.  They're living my dream, hosting guests in the O'Hara Georgian mansion that's been on clan land for a thousand years.  The Saint Féichín was supposedly from the earlier clan that begat the O'Haras, and Durcan pointed me to one of his original and unmarked holy sites, not even half a mile from the mansion.  They were incredible hosts, and have beautiful pictures of the family adorning the walls.  They're also dog people like my own family, they've got at least five adorable and noble dogs.  You can tell looking into their eyes that they're living their best lives on that land, imagine the stories they'd tell if they could!

The last one is that site of Saint Féichín!  There's no designation for it on the maps.  He later built Teampull Mór Féichín in Ballysadare, but this was an older, original site.  I think it may be Bíle, which is a term for a sacred tree or grove. 

Logan Connor O'Hara

PS. I've created a public Google drive folder that can be accessed:  Link

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