Killeen Castle (other)
Killeen Castle may refer to: *Killeen Castle, Dunsany is a castle near Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Republic of Ireland. *Killeen Castle, Castlegar Killeen Castle () is a 15th-century tower house in Killeen townland, near Castlegar, County Galway, on the western coast of Ireland. Originally built in 1493, the tower house and surrounding estate is historically associated with Blake family, ...

Killeen Castle, Dunsany
Killeen Castle ( ga, Caisleán an Chillín), located in Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland, is the current construction on a site occupied by a castle since around 1180. The current building is a restoration of a largely 19th century structure, burnt out in 1981. Killeen was built as one of a pair of castles either side of a major roadway north, the other being the extant Dunsany Castle.Dunsany, County Meath, April 1991: Carty/Lynch - The History of Killeen Castle; Mary Rose Carty, Its estate was occupied continuously by the Cusack, and then after a marriage, Plunkett, families, from 1172 to 1951. History The Cusacks The original structure at Killeen Castle is said to have been a Norman fortification, perhaps wooden, built for the de Lacy magnates, and held from 1172 by the Cusack family, beginning with Geoffrey de Cusack. The stone castle was built by Geoffrey de Cusack around 1181.Skryne and the Early Normans by E.Hickey 1994 p.93 The date is carved above the doorway.Cusac ...
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