Michelle R MacQuarrie formerly Alden Hwy MI now Tacoma WA (not my mother with same name who was killed by her little sister Janet Lewis 2012.) The aunt who only saw me 17 times in my lifetime; who lied one hundred pages about me. I never invited her to any of my three weddings, not to my graduation(s), nor to any of my childbirths and she never stepped into my house once since I became legally…
Carrickfergus Castle is located in the county of Antrim in Carrickfergus, Ireland. The Norman castle was built on the shore of Belfast Lough in 1177 by John de Courcy, but he was ousted by Hugh de Lacy in 1204. The castle has a long history of sieges and changing hands. The structure began with a 40-meter keep with four-meter-thick walls. The last building created was the stone gatehouse that had a portcullis and a drawbridge over a moat. In 1797, the castle was used to house prisoners of war and was heavily defended during the Napoleonic wars. It was used by the army until 1928 and served as a garrison and ordnance store during WWI and an air-raid shelter from 1939-1945 during WWII. Ownership was transferred to the government for preservation in 1928. The four-story castle has a second-story stair entrance. The ground floor has no windows and houses the castle’s water supply. The lord of the castle held court on the second floor, while the top floor housed his private accommodations.