We stayed two nights in the pleasant little town of Trim. Our hotel was directly across from the castle and we had great views of it from the windows of our lovely room which also had a private terrace. Trim Castle was used several times in the movie "Braveheart" and a lot of the citizens were extras in the movie. They have a little donkey family in Trim that like to be fed snacks. There's a list of preferred snacks posted by their pasture. The donkeys are easy to find, just look up "Trim donkey family" on Google maps.
The keep of the castle is still intact and we had a great tour from a very interesting docent (lots of stairs). Most of the outer walls of the castle complex remain as do the gate towers. Just across the river is the Yellow Steeple, all that remains of St Mary's Abbey.
We loved our hotel but we had no idea there was a wedding on our second night. I knew Irish weddings were big affairs but we were located right above the ballroom. My husband went down to the desk about 12:30am and asked if they knew when the music would end. The desk said the wedding party had reserved the ballroom until 4am (!) but the music would timely stop around 1 or 2am. They offered to change our rooms but I was already sleeping so we stayed where we were. We woke up the next morning to wedding guests or members shouting in the hallway as well. We spoke to the hotel manager that morning and she said they would take 200 euro off the bill, and apologized. She said they had ongoing issues with that particular group so it was not their normal experience. We really appreciated her giving us some money back and she was really nice about the whole thing.
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