Author Archives: Jean Reinhardt

About Jean Reinhardt

Author of 'A Pocket Full of Shells' an Amazon International best seller, Jean writes young adult and historical fiction. She has been known to shed a tear over Little House on the Prairie.

Thursday Doors – The Wall

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Jean Reinhardt

Continuing with Trim Castle and its features, Thursday Doors takes a good look at the wall this week. A castle’s wall running between two towers or bastions was called a curtain wall. Built for a defense purpose, usually a moat … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors – The Keep

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Jean Reinhardt

The Keep at Trim Castle is in the heart of its grounds and on this week’s Thursday Doors we’ll have a really good look at it. This is quite a unique structure in that along with a square tower on … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors – The Castle Grounds

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Jean Reinhardt

This week on Thursday Doors we explore the grounds behind the walls of Trim Castle. I would definitely have felt much more secure living inside rather than out. Those houses on the opposite side of the moat look a bit … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors – Trim Castle

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Jean Reinhardt

Trim Castle, featured on this week’s Thursday Doors, is Ireland’s largest Anglo-Norman castle and was constructed on the site of an earlier wooden fortress. This is how it looks from one of the main roads leading into town and I’m … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors – Colourful Trim

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Jean Reinhardt

Still in Trim, County Meath for this week’s Thursday Doors and I’m starting off with a colourful one. Sure how could I pass up a door that’s so vibrantly red? When you can’t find a red door, a red house … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors – A Very Old Bridge

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Jean Reinhardt

This week on Thursday Doors I thought we might look at some of the heritage buildings and one very old bridge in the centre of Trim, County Meath. This first one is the courthouse and was built about 1810 to … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors – Trim

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Jean Reinhardt

The title of this week’s Thursday Doors isn’t referring to a door trim but the town of Trim in County Meath. In Irish the name is Baile Atha Troim, meaning town at the ford of elderflowers. It is situated on … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors – September Weekend

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Jean Reinhardt

In September I met up with my sisters and mother for a weekend get together and collected so many Thursday Doors shots it will keep me going till the end of the year, I think. We rented self-catering accommodation in … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors – Cootehill Finale

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Jean Reinhardt

For the finale of Thursday Doors from Cootehill I’ve saved quite a mixed lot of buildings. This first one is a former Methodist church, built in 1870, which is now a Freemason’s Hall. It replaced an earlier Meeting House, dating … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors – More from Cootehill

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Jean Reinhardt

More from the County Cavan town of Cootehill on this week’s Thursday Doors. I’m sorry I’ve been absent most of this month, I’ve had a very busy September. The plus side of all the traveling I’ve done has been a … Continue reading →

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