10 Awesome Irish Castles for an Ireland Road Trip

It’s funny the things we’ll do when we travel that we’d never do at home. During our Ireland road trip, one of these things was on our list of must-dos when visiting one of many Irish castles. Romeo thinks it’s gross to share a glass of milk, even if the other person is his wife of 11 years and companion of 16 years. Yet he will lay on his back over a gaping hole many stories up, trusting a stranger to keep a strong hold on him so he doesn’t fall to his death, all to kiss an old stone that has been kissed by hundreds of thousands of people before him, each time followed with a quick squirt of disinfectant. But that is what you do when you’re visiting famous Irish castles. Thankfully, while all of Ireland’s castles have unique features, they don’t all require swapping spit with other travelers. Dublin Castle Dublin Castle is one of the easiest Irish castles to visit as it is located in the historic center of Dublin. Original...