Donegal to Bushmills via Glenveagh National Park & Castle, Day 10

On a recommendation by our host Liam, we detoured to Glenveagh National Park & Castle. Boy are we glad we did. The land was originally purchased for hunting by John George Adair. Adair incurred infamy through out Donegal and Ireland by evicting some 244 tenants in the cold April of 1861. Adair built the castle around 1870, but died in 1885. His wife survived until 1921 and unlike her husband, is remembered as a kind and generous person.
After several other owners it was turned over by the last owner of the property to the Irish government in 1981 by Mr Henry McIllenny of Philadelphia. He had purchased the estate in 1937. It was said that I gave him so much joy over the years that he wanted to share it with others. Greta Garbo was one of the many celebrities to stay here. Mr McIllenny had passed on before the dedication of the castle and grounds.