Bonnyconnellan Castle

10/11/2026

Chili cooking on the new crock pot! Love one pot meals!

09/11/2026

If you didn't get your passport yet, Shelby County Historical Society, Sidney, Ohio will be open tomorrow from 730am - noon so you can get your passports and see some of these great locations around Shelby county!

09/07/2026

Nothing says welcome fall and the berrrrr months like slow cooking some 13 bean soup...yum!!

09/02/2026

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08/24/2026

This was a fun day! This is a great band, check them out!

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The Bonnyconnellan Castle of Sidney, OH became the set for our upcoming music video for "Come For Your Throne"

We wanted a place that was really "close-to-home", and this location did it! Being quite literally close to home, as well as being another family's personal home, it was an incredible experience.

Thanks to the owners for allowing us to film.

05/06/2026

Getting to cook on this cool old gal somehow always feels more fun!

03/24/2026

SIDENOTE: If anyone has an actual PHYSICAL (the microfilm version unfortunately matches this digital one) copy of the January 1, 1891 Sidney Daily News - page 3 that they would be willing to scan and share with me so that we could read the missing part of the article that would be AMAZING!!

History is an amazing thing! I love how there’s always more to discover. Just yesterday, I learned that Bonnyconnellan wasn’t always called Bonnyconnellan. Crazy, right?

For a long time, it was believed that John Loughlin, the man who had her built, gave her that name. But after coming across a newspaper article suggesting otherwise, I did a bit more digging. Based on the three articles I’m sharing below, it now seems likely that Loughlin originally named her Mount Campbell, and that her second owner, Mr. Tucker, was the one who later renamed her Bonnyconnellan.

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12/02/2025

There is something so beautiful about the snow!