This List of Castles in Ireland, be they in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

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Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern ...

, is organised by county within their respective jurisdiction.

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern ...

County Carlow

County Cavan

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,81 ...

County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns a ...

* Aghamarta Castle * Aghamhaoila Castle * Ballea Castle * Ballinacarriga Castle *

Ballincollig Castle Ballincollig Castle is a Norman castle to the south of the town of Ballincollig, County Cork, Ireland built after the Norman invasion of Ireland. In its prime, the castle was inhabited by the Barrett family, who had control of the local area. ...

* Ballintotis Castle *

Ballybeg Castle Ballybeg is an anglicisation of the Irish language term, ''Baile Beag'', which means "Little Town". Ballybeg is the name of a number of small townlands and villages in Ireland, including: Villages and townlands * Ballybeg, County Antrim, a townla ...

* Ballyclogh Castle *

Ballyhooly Castle Ballyhooly ()Logainm.ie, an Irish placenames databaseBaile Átha hÚllaVerified 2019-11-07. is a small village in north County Cork situated along the N72 between Castletownroche and Fermoy. Ballyhooly is home to two pubs, a church, community c ...

* Ballymaloe Castle * Ballynamona Castle * Ballyrobert Castle *

Barryscourt Castle Barryscourt Castle (''Caisleán Chúirt an Bharraigh'' in Irish) is a castle located in eastern County Cork in southern Ireland, close to the town of Carrigtwohill. History The site on which Barryscourt castle now stands has been occupied for ...

, restored castle * Belvelly Castle * Ballyva Manor, built in the 1850s by Timothy Hurley *

Blackrock Castle Blackrock Castle is a castellated fortification located at Blackrock, about 2 km from Cork city centre on the banks of the River Lee in Ireland. Originally developed as a coastal defence fortification in the 16th century to protect upper ...

, restored castle *

Blackwater Castle Blackwater Castle, also and formerly known as Castle Widenham, is a privately owned estate located in the village of Castletownroche between the towns of Mallow and Fermoy in north County Cork, Ireland. Since 2005 it has been available to rent ...

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Blarney Castle Blarney Castle ( ga, Caisleán na Blarnan) is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork, Ireland. Though earlier fortifications were built on the same spot, the current keep was built by the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty, a cadet branch of th ...

, restored castle * Buttevant Castle * Carrigacunna Castle *

Carrigadrohid Castle Carrigadrohid () is a townland and village in the parish of Aghinagh, County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. I ...

* Carrigleamleary castle * Carrignamuck Castle *

Carriganass Castle Carriganass Castle (''Caisleán Charraig an Easa'' in Irish, meaning ''The Castle on the Rock of the Waterfall'') is a 16th-century tower house in County Cork. It is situated about 8 kilometres north-east of Bantry, close to the village of Kea ...

Carrigaphooca Castle Carrigaphooca Castle ( ga, Caisleán Carraig a' Phúca, meaning Castle on the Rock of the Fairy; the word ''Púca'' translates as ghost or fairy), is a ruined five storey rectangular tower house situated on a steep-sided rock overlooking the Riv ...

* Carrigboy Castle * Carrignacurra Castle * Carrigrohane Castle * Castle Barrett * Castle Bernard *

Castle Cooke A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

* Castle Donovan (Sowagh), ruins which underwent conservation in 2014 *

Castle Downeen A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but u ...

* Castle Eyre * Castle Freke, ruins in process of restoration *

Castle Harrison Castle Harrison, formerly ''Castle Dodd'', was a great house close to Ballyhea and Charleville, in north County Cork, Ireland. The seat of the Harrison family for some time, the house was demolished in the 1950s. History A "Castle Dodd" (or D ...

(Charleville), destroyed * Castle Hyde * Castle Kevin *

Castle Lishen A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

* Castle Lyons *

Castle Magner A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

Castle Mallow A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

, see Mallow Castle * Castle Mary * Castle Park * Castle Pook * Castle Richard * Castle Ringaskidy * Castle Salem * Castle Townsend * Castle Warren * Castle Widenham, see Widenham Castle (Castletown Castle) *

Castle White A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but u ...

* Castle Wrixon * Castlemahon *

Castlemartyr Castlemartyr (, formerly anglicised as ''Ballymarter'' or ''Ballymartyr'') is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located 25 minutes east of Cork city, 10 km (6 mi) east of Midleton, 16 km (10 mi) west of Youghal and 6& ...

* Castleminsters * Castlesaffron * Cloghan Castle *

Conna Castle Conna Castle ('' Irish'': Caisleán Chonaithe) is a 16th century tower house located near Conna in County Cork, Ireland. History 16th century Conna Castle is situated in County Cork on the River Bride, a tributary of the River Blackwater, ...

* Coolmaine Castle, restored castle previously owned by Roy Disney * Coppingerstown Castle * Coppingers Court * Cor Castle * Creagh Castle * Cregg Castle * Crowley Castle * Davis' Castle * Desmond Castle, restored castle * Dripsey Castle * Drishane Castle, restored castle * Dromagh Castle * Dromaneen Castle * Duarrigle Castle * Dunalong Castle * Dunasead Castle *

Dunboy Castle Dunboy Castle () is a ruined 15th century castle on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland near the town of Castletownbere. The castle's tower house and bawn were destroyed in the 1602 Siege of Dunboy, though its ruins remain open to the p ...

* Dundareirke Castle, castle ruins * Dunlough Castle, or Three Castles Head * Dunmahon Castle * Dunmanus Castle, castle ruins * Enchicrenagh Castle ruin * Eustace's Castle * Garryvoe Castle, tower house ruins * Glengarriff Castle *

Gortmore Castle Gortmore () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Gortmore is bounded on the north by Dunglave and Gub (Kinawley) townland ...

* Ightermurragh Castle, castle ruins * Kanturk Castle Abandoned Gatehouse, Castlelohort Demesne - geograph

Kilbolane Castle Kilbolane Castle is a historical fortification atop Kilbolane Hill, half a kilometre from the village of Milford, County Cork, Ireland. The castle was built in the 15th or 16th century but employed a 13th-century Norman style with high walls ...

* Kilbrittain Castle, restored castle * Kilcaskan Castle *

Kilcolman Castle Kilcolman Castle is a tower house located in County Cork, Ireland. It was formerly the residence of the poet Edmund Spenser. Location Kilcolman Castle is located east-northeast of Buttevant, on the northeast edge of Kilcolman Bog, near the u ...

* Kilkoe castle, = Jeremy Irons' castle * Kilcor Castle *

Kilcrea Castle Kilcrea Castle is a ruined 15th-century towerhouse and bawn located near the Kilcrea Friary, west of Cork City, Ireland. The tower house and friary were both built by Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, 9th Lord of Muskerry. Location Killcrea Castle s ...

, castle ruins * Kilnannan Castle * Lohort Castle * Lumbard´s Castle *

Macroom Castle Macroom Castle, in the centre of the town of Macroom, was once residence and fortress of the Lords of Muskerry. The castle has changed owners many times, has been besieged, burned, and rebuilt. The MacCarthys of Muskerry owned it with some inter ...

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Mallow Castle Mallow Castle is a National Monument (Ireland), National Monument situated off the N72 on Bridewell Lane, Mallow, County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Description The site is composed of gardens and parkland on which three buildings s ...

, castle ruins * Milltown Castle * Mistletoe Castle *

Mitchelstown Castle Mitchelstown Castle, the former home of the Anglo Irish Earls of Kingston, was located in the north County Cork town of Mitchelstown in Ireland. 15th to 18th century ''White Knights, Dark Earls'' is to date the most extensive published accoun ...

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Mogeely Castle Mogeely () is a village located in County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 389 people. Mogeely lies in East Cork, approximately north of Castlemartyr off the N25 national primary road. Mogeely railway station was, ...

* Monanimy Castle *

Monkstown Castle Monkstown (), historically known as ''Carrickbrennan'' ( gle, Carraig Bhraonáin), is a suburb in south Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is on the coast, between Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire. The lands of the Carrickb ...

* Mountlong Castle * Rathberry Castle ruin * Ringrone Castle * Rostellan Castle * Siddon's Tower * Tynte's Castle * Wallstown Castle * Widenham Castle, restored castle

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconn ...

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Ballyshannon Castle Ballyshannon Castle was a castle at Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland. The castle was a stronghold of the O’Donnell's. No visual remains of the castle exist above ground. History Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill built Ballyshannon Castle in 1423 t ...

*Burt Castle *

Carrickabraghy Castle Carrickabraghy Castle ( ga, Caisleán Charraig Bhrachaí stands in the townland of Carrickabraghy meaning "Friars Rock" in Irish Gaelic) on a rocky outcrop at the north-western extremity of the Isle of Doagh, at the head of Pollan Bay, in the nor ...

* Doe Castle/Caisleán na dTuath, Restored Castle *

Donegal Castle Donegal Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhún na nGall) is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. For most of the last two centuries, the majority of the buildings lay in ruins but the castle was almost ful ...

, Restored Castle. * Drumboe Castle *

Glenveagh Castle Glenveagh Castle ( ga, Caisleán Ghleann Bheatha ) is a large castellated mansion located in Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal, Ireland and was built in about 1870. History Captain John George Adair built Glenveagh Castle between ...

, Complete Castle * Monellan Castle * Mongavlin Castle * Greencastle, castle ruins * O'Doherty Castle, castle ruins *

Rahan Castle Rahan Castle, also known as McSwyne's Castle and Castle Murray, is a ruined castle near Dunkineely, County Donegal, Ireland. The castle was once a stronghold of Clan Suibhne. History The McSwynes probably came to Ireland in the 13th centur ...

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Raphoe Castle Raphoe Castle, also known as the Bishop's Palace, is a ruined early 17th-century castle on the edge of Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland. The 'castle' was built in the 1630s for The Rt. Rev. Dr John Leslie, Church of Ireland Lord Bishop of Rap ...

, castle ruins

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Ardgillan Castle Ardgillan Castle is a country house near Balbriggan, County Dublin, Ireland. It is set in the Ardgillan Demesne, a public park in the jurisdiction of Fingal County Council. Features Featuring castellated embellishments, the building overlooks ...

, Ardgillan Demesne, Balrothery *Artaine Castle, Artaine * Ashtown Castle, Phoenix Park. *Athgoe Castle, Newcastle, intact, *Ballyowen Castle, Lucan, ruins incorporated into the Ballyowen Castle Shopping Centre *Balrothery Castle, intact *Baymount Castle, Heronstown, Clontarf *Belgard Castle, Tallaght, HQ of CRH Holdings *Bremore Castle, Balbriggan, under repair *Bullock Castle * Carrickmines Castle, ruins, buried beneath recent road work *Castle Bagot, Kilmactalway, Newcastle, intact, health spa *Castle Mount, Clogh *Castle Park (''Castle Perrin''), Monkstown, intact, * Castleknock Castle *Cheeverstown *Clonskeagh Castle, Roebuck. 19th century, on site of earlier castle. * Clontarf Castle, Clontarf. Restored Castle, Hotel. *Conn Castle, intact *

Corr Castle Corr Castle ( ga, Caisleán an Chorraigh – Castle of the round hill) is an L-plan tower house likely constructed sometime in the fifteenth century in Sutton, Dublin. The castle lies within the boundaries of Howth Demesne in the old townlan ...

* Corrig Castle Dun Laoghaire, demolished. *Dalkey, 2 remaining of original 7 castles *Donabate, intact *

Drimnagh Castle Drimnagh Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhroimeanaigh) is a Norman castle located in Drimnagh, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is the only remaining castle in Ireland with a flooded moat around it; this moat is fed by a small local river, the Camac. ...

, Drimnagh. Restored Castle. * Drumcondra Castle, Richmond. Conference centre *

Dublin Castle Dublin Castle ( ga, Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a former Motte-and-bailey castle and current Irish government complex and conference centre. It was chosen for its position at the highest point of central Dublin. Until 1922 it was the s ...

, Dublin City. Restored Castle *

Dundrum Castle Dundrum Castle, a ruin standing over the town of Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland, must not to be confused with Dundrum Castle in Dundrum, County Dublin. It was constructed by John de Courcy, sometime near the beginning of the 13th century ...

, Dundrum. Ruins *

Dunsoghly Castle Dunsoghly Castle is a castle and a National Monument located in the civil parish of St. Margarets, in Fingal, Ireland. History The castle was built around 1450 by Sir Thomas Plunket, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. It was occupie ...

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Howth Castle Howth Castle ( ) and estate lie just outside the village of Howth, County Dublin in Ireland, in the administration of Fingal County Council. The castle was the ancestral home of the line of the St Lawrence family (see: Earl of Howth) that had ...

, Howth. *Grange, intact? *Irishtown Castle, ruin * Kilgobbin Castle, ruin, *Killiney Castle, Scalpwilliam or Mount Mapas. *Killininny Castle, Firhouse *Kilsallaghan Castle *Knocklyne (''Knocklyon'') Castle, Knocklyon. Intact, private residence. *Lambay Castle, Lambay Island *Lanestown, intact * Lehaunstown or Laughanstown Castle, concealed within a later manor house. *

Luttrellstown Castle Luttrellstown Castle Luttrellstown Castle, dating from the early 15th century (c. 1420), is located in Clonsilla on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland. It has been owned variously by the eponymous and notorious Luttrell family, by the bookseller ...

, Restored Castle *Merrion Castle *

Malahide Castle Malahide Castle ( ga, Caisleán Mhullach Íde), parts of which date to the 12th century, lies close to the village of Malahide, nine miles (14 km) north of central Dublin in Ireland. It has over of remaining parkland estate, forming the ...

, Malahide Demesne. Restored Castle * Merrion Castle, Merrion. *

, Monkstown Castlefarm. Ruin *Murphystown, ruins, the proposed Luas line B1 runs approximately 28m west of the ruins of Murphystown Castle and through its area of archaeological potential. *Nangor Castle, Nangor. * Portrane castle (''Stella's Tower''), intact * Puck's Castle, Shankill. Ruin Puck's Castle, Co

Rathfarnham Castle Rathfarnham Castle ( ga, Caisleán Rath Fearnáin) is a 16th-century fortified house in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, Ireland. The earlier Irish castle was occupied by the Harold family, who held it as tenants of the le Bret family. It was replac ...

, Rathfarnham Demesne. Restored Castle *Rathmines Castle, Rathmines West. *Robswall, intact *Roebuck Castle, Roebuck. Hall of residence UCD campus *Sarsfield Castle, intact *Seatown * Shangannagh Castle, ruins, not to be confused with the late 18th-century house of the same name *

Shankill Castle Shankill Castle and Gardens is set in parkland near Paulstown on the Carlow/Kilkenny border. Visitors are invited to walk in the grounds and gardens, and there are guided tours of the house. Shankill Castle started as a Butler tower-house near t ...

, Shankill
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*Stillorgan Castle, Stillorgan. 18th-century house on site of earlier castle, now incorporated into the modern St

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* Swords Castle, castle ruins, undergoing restoration * Tallaght Castle, Tower House, incorporated into the buildings of St. Mary's Priory in Tallaght village *Templeogue Hous
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*Thorncastle *Tully's Castle,

Clondalkin Clondalkin ( ; ) is a suburban town situated 10 km south-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland, under the administrative jurisdiction of South Dublin. It features an 8th-century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area. Clondal ...

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*Tymon Castle, Tymon North. Demolished in the 1970s *

Williamstown Castle Williamstown or Williamtown is the name of several places in the world: Australia * Williamtown, New South Wales ** RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales * Williamstown, South Australia *Williamstown, Victoria ** Williamstown railway line **Willia ...

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County Galway

: * Abbeyglen Castle, restored castl
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* Ardamullivan Castle, restored castle *

Athenry Castle Athenry Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in Athenry, Ireland. Location Athenry Castle is located off Court Lane in the east part of Athenry, on the west bank of the River Clarin. It is sited on a natural rise and defended t ...

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* Aughnanure Castle, intact castle *

Ballindooley Castle Ballindooley, officially Ballindooly (), is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is north of Galway city and in the ecclesiastical parish of Castlegar. There is a 15th century castle in the area, Ballindooley Castle, which was refurbished a ...

, restored castle * Ballinfad Castle, intact castle * Ballymore Castle, restored castle * Ballynahinch Castle, intact castle * Caheradangan Castle, intact castle *

Caherkinmonwee Castle Caherkinmonwee Castle, also known as Caher Castle, is a tower house located in County Galway, Ireland. Location Caherkinmonwee Castle is southeast of Athenry, on the north bank of the Dunkellin River. History The tower house was built s ...

, intact castle * Cargin Castle, restored castle * Castle Ellen, restored castl

* Castle Kirk, castle ruins * Castletown Castle, castle ruins * Clifden Castle, castle ruins * Cloghan Castle, restored castl

* Cloonacauneen Castle, restored castle * Corofin Castle, castle ruins * Cregg Castle, restored castle * Derryhivenny Castle, castle ruins *

Dunguaire Castle Dunguaire Castle ( ga, Dún Guaire) is a 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland, near Kinvara (also spelled Kinvarra). The name derives from the Dun (fort) of King Guaire, the legendary ki ...

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Dunsandle Castle Dunsandle Castle is a 15th-century castle near Athenry, County Galway, in Ireland. History Dunsandle Castle is referenced by Nolan, J.P. Galway Castles and Owners in 1574 Nolan, J.P. Galway Castles and Owners in 1574 (Barons of Kingestowne A ...

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Eyrecourt Castle Eyrecourt Castle (or Eyre Court) was an Irish 17th century country house in Galway which became a ruin in the 20th century. The house, the surrounding estate, and the nearby small town of Eyrecourt all took their name from Colonel the Right Hon. ...

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Feartagar Castle Feartagar Castle, also called Jennings Castle, is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Location Feartagar Castle lies on a hill east of Kilconly and northwest of Tuam, near to the River Nanny. History The ...

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Fiddaun Castle Fiddaun Castle is a tower house in Tubber, County Galway, close to the border of County Clare in Ireland. It is a National Monument of Ireland. Name ''Fiodh Duin'' means "wood of the fort" in Irish. Geography Fiddaun Castle is situated bet ...

, castle ruins * Garbally Castle, castle ruins *

Glinsk Castle Glinsk Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Location Glinsk Castle is located in the centre of Glinsk village, halfway between Creggs and Ballymoe, in the valley of the River Suck. History Glinsk ...

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Hackett Castle Castle Hackett is a 13th-century tower house at the base of Knockma hill, south-west of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. History The tower house was built by the Hacketts, a Norman family. The Kirwans, one of the tribes of Galway, settled t ...

, castle ruins * Isert Kelly Castle, intact castle *

Kilcolgan Castle Kilcolgan (), is a village on the mouth of the Kilcolgan River at Dunkellin Bay in County Galway, Ireland. The settlement is at the junction of the N67 and R458 roads, which lies between Gort and Clarinbridge. The village is near the site of ...

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Kylemore Abbey Kylemore Abbey ( ga, Mainistir na Coille Móire) is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The abbey was founded for Benedictine Nuns who fled Belgium in World War I an ...

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Lynch's Castle Summerhill House was a 100-roomed mansion in County Meath, Ireland which was the ancestral seat of the Viscounts Langford and the Barons Langford. Built in 1731, Summerhill House demonstrated the power and wealth the Langford Rowley family ha ...

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Menlow Castle Centrino is a brand name of Intel Corporation which represents its Wi-Fi and WiMAX wireless computer networking adapters. Previously the same brand name was used by the company as a platform-marketing initiative. The change of the meaning of the ...

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Monivea Castle Monivea Castle ( ga, Caisleán Mhuine Mheá) is a former O'Kelly tower house, located near Monivea in County Galway, Ireland. It was acquired by the ffrench family, one of the fourteen Tribes of Galway, who developed it further, enhancing the ...

, castle ruins * Moyode Castle, castle ruins *

Oranmore Castle Oranmore Castle is a castle in Oranmore, County Galway, in Ireland. History Oranmore Castle was most likely built some time around the 15th century, possibly on top of an older fortified house. The Clanricardes, a notable family from Galway, us ...

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Portumna Castle Portumna Castle is a semi-fortified house in Portumna, County Galway, Ireland which was built in the early 17th century by Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde. Location Portumna Castle is located close to the shore of Lough Derg near whe ...

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Thoor Ballylee Thoor Ballylee Castle (Irish ''Túr Bhaile Uí Laí'') is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It is also known as ''Yeats' Tower'' because it ...

, W.B. Yeats' former holiday home, restored as a museum. Closed after flooding.

County Kerry

: : * Ardea Castle *

Ballybunnion Castle Ballybunion or Ballybunnion () is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Kerry, Ireland, on the Wild Atlantic Way, from the town of Listowel. Tourism Ballybunion has two main beaches, divided by the Castle Green. The Ladies Beach is to ...

* Ballingarry Castle *

Ballinskelligs Castle Ballinskelligs Castle is a castle located near Ballinskelligs on the Iveragh Peninsula in Kerry, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated fr ...

* Ballybunion Castle *

Ballycarbery Castle Ballycarbery Castle is a castle {{convert, 3, km, mi, 0 from Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated fr ...

* Ballycarty Castle * Ballyheigue Castle *

Ballymalis Castle Ballymalis Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. Location Ballymalis Castle is located northwest of Beaufort, on the north bank of the River Laune, near its confluence with the River Gaddagh. The Ri ...

Ballyseedy Castle Ballyseedy () is a townland in County Kerry, Ireland. It was historically situated in the parish of Ballyseedy, within the barony of Trughanacmy. The townland contains a number of notable landmarks, including Ballyseedy Wood, a bridge over t ...

, Hotel * Cappanacuss Castle * Carrigafoyle Castle * Carrignass Castle * Castle Sybil * Castle of the Island * Derryquin Castle * Dromore Castle *

Dunbeg Fort Dunbeg Fort ( ga, An Dún Beag) is a promontory fort built in the Iron Age near the modern village of Ventry in County Kerry, Ireland. Location Dunbeg Fort is located on a rocky promontory just south of Slea Head on the Dingle Peninsula, loo ...

Dunkerron Castle Dunkerron Castle () is a ruined four-storey tower house located in Templenoe, near Kenmare, County Kerry, in south-west Ireland. The castle was the family seat of the O'Sullivan Mór family from the late 16th century. History The four-storey t ...

* Dunloe Castle * Gallarus Castle * Listowel Castle * Minard Castle *

Parkavonear Castle Parkavonear Castle is a 13th-century Anglo-Norman ruin in Aghadoe in Ireland, overlooking the lakes of Killarney Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on t ...

Ross Castle Ross Castle ( ga, Caisleán an Rois) is a 15th-century tower house and keep on the edge of Lough Leane, in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland. It is the ancestral home of the Chiefs of the Clan O'Donoghue, later associated wit ...

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County Kildare

: * Barberstown Castle, restored castle *

Barretstown Castle Barretstown Castle is a castle in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It stands on the site of a late 12th century Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman castle. It now hosts the Barretstown camp for sick children. History E ...

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Carbury Castle Carbery or Carbury may refer to: ;People: * Brian Carbury (1918–1961), New Zealand fighter ace * Douglas Carbery (1894–1959), British soldier and airman * Ethna Carbery (1864–1902), Irish writer * James Joseph Carbery (1823–1887), Irish D ...

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Grange Castle Grange Castle, ga, , is in Grange West, County Kildare, Ireland. It is an Irish National Monument A national monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of importance to national heritage, such as a country's foundi ...

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Jigginstown Castle Jigginstown Castle is a ruined 17th-century house and National Monument near Naas, County Kildare, Ireland. It was constructed in the late 1630s when Ireland was under the reign of Charles I (1625–1649). At the time it was one of the larges ...

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Kildare Castle Kildare Castle is a ruined castle located at Kildare in County Kildare, Ireland. Built in the 12th century as a motte and bailey castle by Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (of the first creatio ...

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Kilkea Castle Kilkea Castle is located northwest of Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland near the village of Kilkea on the R418 regional road from Athy to Tullow. It was a medieval stronghold, for over 700 years, of the Fitzgeralds, earls of Kildare. ...

, restored castle * Kilteel Castle, Intact Castl
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Maynooth Castle Maynooth Castle is a ruined 12th century castle in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. Constructed in the early 13th century, it became the primary residence of the Kildar ...

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Rathcoffey Castle Rathcoffey Castle is a 15th century castle in Rathcoffey, County Kildare, Ireland. It is a National Monument. Location Rathcoffey Castle is located in a field east of Rathcoffey village. It lies 4.3 km (2.7 mi) north-northwest of Straffan. B ...

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Reeves Castle Reeves Castle is a 14th-century tower house (castle) located in County Kildare, Ireland. On the Record of Monuments and Places it bears the codes ''KD015-001'' (enclosure) and ''KD015-002'' (tower house). Location Reeves Castle is about north ...

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Rheban Castle Rheban Castle is a castle located in County Kildare, Ireland. Location Rheban Castle is located northwest of Athy, on the west bank of the River Barrow. Hendy Wildlife Reserve lies to the north, and Kilberry to the east, across the Barrow. ...

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County Kilkenny

* Annaghs Castle, castle ruins * Ballinlaw Castle, castle ruins * Ballybur Castle, restored castle * Ballyragget Castle, castle ruins *

Burnchurch Castle Burnchurch Castle, a National Monument,C ...

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Clara Castle Clara Castle is a tower house (''caiseal'') located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Location Clara Castle is located about east of Kilkenny City, near one of the headwaters of the Nore. History Clara Castle was built in the late 15th/early ...

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Clomantagh Castle Clomantagh Castle is a 15th-century tower house located near Freshford, County Kilkenny, in Ireland. Originally constructed in the 1430s, additional buildings and outbuildings were added in the subsequent centuries - including a connected 19th ...

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Coolhill Castle Coolhill Castle is a keep (donjon) and National Monument located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Location Coolhill Castle is located northeast of The Rower, on a cliff overlooking the Barrow. History Coolhill Castle was built c. the 13th c ...

, castle ruins * Corluddy Castle, castle ruins * Currahill Castle, castle ruins * Dunkitt Castle, castle ruins * Foulksrath Castle, intact castle * Gorteens Castle, castle ruins *

Gowran Castle Gowran Castle is located in the centre of Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The castle is a manor house and was fully restored between 2013 and 2014. Early years The first Gowran Castle was built in 1385 by James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, cl ...

, castle ruins * Granagh Castle, castle ruins * Kilbline Castle, intact castle *

Kilkenny Castle Kilkenny Castle ( ga, Caisleán Chill Chainnigh, IPA: �kaʃlʲaːnˠˈçiːl̪ʲˈxan̪ʲiː is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland built in 1195 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. It was a symbol o ...

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Maudlin Castle Maudlin Castle is a tower house which formed part of a medieval hospital and National Monument located in Kilkenny, Ireland. Location Maudlin Castle is located on Maudlin Street, Kilkenny City, just north of the Nore and to the east of K ...

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Sandfordscourt Castle Cantwell's Castle is a Tower houses in Britain and Ireland, tower house located in the townland of Sandfortscourt in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It served as the main residence for the head of the Cantwell family, While debated of who owned it in ...

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County Laois

: * Aghmacart Castle, ruins of a tower house
Ballaghmore Castle
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Ballinakill Castle Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill. History From 1613 until ...

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Ballyadams Castle Ballyadams () is a barony in County Laois (formerly called ''Queen's County'' or ''County Leix''), Republic of Ireland. Etymology Ballyadams barony is named after Ballyadams Castle, a 15th-century fortified house near Ballylynan. Geography ...

, castle ruins * Ballyknocken Castle, very ruinous tower house *

Castle Durrow Castle Durrow is an 18th-century country house in Durrow, County Laois, Ireland. The house was built in the pre-Palladian design and formal gardens that were popular in the 18th century. History The house was built between 1712-1716 by Colone ...

, 19th Century house on the site of a former castle * Castlecuffe, ruins of 17th Century fortified house * Castle Fleming, Ruins of fortified house *

Coolbanagher Castle Coolbanagher is a civil parish and townland in County Laois, Ireland. The Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous ...

, Hall House which collapsed in 2014 * Clonreher Castle, intact tower house outside Portlaoise * Cullahill Castle, castle ruins * Dysart Castle, remains consist of a turret of the bawn. * Fermoyle Fortified House, ruins of fortified house * Gortnaclea Castle, castle ruins * Grantstown Castle, ruins of circular tower house * Killeany Castle, ruins of tower house along the River Note * Lea Castle, massive Norman ruins similar to Carlow Castle * Rock of Dunamase, castle ruins *

Rushall Fortified House Rushall may refer to: Places * Rushall, Herefordshire, England *Rushall, Norfolk, England *Rushall, West Midlands Rushall is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. It is centred on the main road between ...

, ruins of a 17th Century fortified house * Shaen Castle, fragment of tower house * Strahane Castle, ruins of tower house *

Shrule Castle Shrule Castle () is a ruined tower house near Shrule in County Mayo, Ireland. The castle was built c.1238, near the Black River at the County Mayo and County Galway border by the de Burgh family. It was given to John de Burgh in 1308 by hi ...

, castle ruins * Tinnakill Castle, tower house * Clonburren Castle, tower house

County Leitrim County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the ...

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Lough Rynn Castle Lough Rynn Castle ( Irish: ''Caisleán Loch na Reanna'') is a luxury castle hotel on the shores of Lough Rynn in Gortletteragh County Leitrim, Ireland situated on the historic grounds of the medieval castle and estate of the Mac Raghnaill family o ...

, restored castle * Manorhamilton Castle, restored castle *

Parke's Castle Parke's Castle (also known as Newtown Castle and O'Rourke's CastleTom Condit, Gabriel Cooney, Claire Foley and Colm Donnelly, ''Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 62: Parke's Castle, Co. Leitrim'', p. 1–2. ''Archaeology Ireland'', Dublin, ...

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County Limerick "Remember Limerick" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Limerick.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces of Ireland, Province , subd ...

Adare Manor Adare Manor is a manor house located on the banks of the River Maigue in the village of Adare, County Limerick, Ireland, the former seat of the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl. The present house was built in the early 19th century, though r ...

* Askeaton Castle * Ballygrennan Castle * Black Castle * BeaghCastle ruin *

Bourchier's Castle Lough Gur () is a lake in County Limerick, Ireland between the towns of Herbertstown and Bruff. The lake forms a horseshoe shape at the base of Knockadoon Hill and some rugged elevated countryside. It is one of Ireland's most important archa ...

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Castle Oliver Castle Oliver (also ''Clonodfoy'') is a Victorian castle in the south part of County Limerick, Ireland. Built for entertaining rather than for defense, it has a ballroom, drawing room, library, morning room, dining room and hall which feature h ...

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Croom Castle Croom or Crom Castle, also called the Castle of Crom, is a historic castle in the town of Croom, County Limerick, that is notable for its occupation as one of the principal residences of the Kildare branch of the FitzGerald dynasty. Their ancie ...

* Desmond Castle * Dromore Castle ruin * Glin Castle (Old) * Glin Castle, Hotel * King John's Castle, Limerick City * Lisnacullia Castle * Oola Castle * Rockstown Castle * Springfield Castle, available for rent *

County Longford

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Castle Forbes Castle Forbes is a 19th-century country house in the Scottish baronial architecture style near Alford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Vale of Alford estate has been home to the Forbes for over 600 years. The original house was named Putachi ...

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County Louth

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Ardee Castle Ardee Castle also known as St. Leger's Castle, is a fortified medieval tower house in Ireland. Built in the 15th century, the castle was used as a prison during the 17th and 18th centuries and became Ardee's district courthouse until June 2006 ...

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Barmeath Castle Barmeath Castle is a country house near Dunleer in the centre of County Louth. Of note are the castle's 10 acres of gardens designed by the 18th-century landscape architect Thomas Wright. Barmeath Castle was erected in the 15th century and the B ...

, restored castle * Castle Bellingham, intact castle * Castle Roche, castle ruins * Castletown Castle, restored castle * Darver Castle, restored castle * Hatch's Castle, intact castle * King John's Castle, restored castle * Knockabbey Castle, restored castle * The Mint, restored castle * Smarmore Castle, intact castle * Taaffe Castle, castle ruins * Termonfeckin Castle, survivor of two tower houses, other demolished ca. 1800.

County Mayo

: * Aghalard Castle, castle ruins * Ahena Castle, castle ruins

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Ashford Castle Ashford Castle is a medieval and Victorian castle that has been expanded over the centuries and turned into a five star luxury hotel near Cong on the Mayo-Galway border, on the Galway side of Lough Corrib in Ireland. It is a member of the ...

, hotel * Belleek Castle, restored castle *

Crossmolina Castle Crossmolina is a town in the Barony of Tyrawley in County Mayo, Ireland, as well as the name of the parish in which Crossmolina is situated. The town sits on the River Deel near the northern shore of Lough Conn. Crossmolina is about west of ...

, castle ruins * Deel Castle, castle ruins * Doon Castle, castle ruins * Kildavnet Castle, intact castle * Kinlough Castle, castle ruins * Rappa Castle, castle ruins *

Rockfleet Castle Rockfleet Castle, or Carrickahowley Castle ( Irish: ''Carraig an Chabhlaigh''), is a tower house near Newport in County Mayo, Ireland. It was built in the mid-fifteenth century, and is most famously associated with Grace O'Malley Grace O' ...

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Turin Castle Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

, restored castle * Dookinella Castle

County Meath County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the ...

: *The Black Castle, castle ruins * Donore Castle, castle ruins * Dunsany Castle, restored castle *Lynches Castle (Summerhill), castle ruins *

Durhamstown Castle Durhamstown Castle is a 600-year-old towerhouse in the townland of Durhamstown of the civil parish of Ardbraccan which is in the barony (Ireland) of Lower Navan, in County Meath, Ireland. It is named after a Mr Doream and has been converte ...

, intact castle * Killeen Castle, restored castle * Skryne Castle, restored castle *

Slane Castle Slane Castle (Irish ''Cáisleán Bhaile Shláine'') is located in the village of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Ireland. The castle has been the family seat of the Conyngham family since it was built in the late 18th century, on ...

, restored castle * Tara, castle ruins *Dangan Castle (Summerhill), castle ruins *

Trim Castle Trim Castle ( ga, Caisleán Bhaile Átha Troim) is a castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, with an area of 30,000 m2. Over a period of 30 years, it was built by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter as ...

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County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County C ...

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Castle Leslie Castle Leslie, also known as Glaslough House is home to an Irish branch of Clan Leslie, is located on the 4 km² (1,000-acre) Castle Leslie Estate adjacent to the village of Glaslough, northeast of Monaghan town in County Monaghan, Irel ...

Rossmore Castle Rossmore Castle, also known as Rossmore Park, was a castle on the outskirts of Monaghan in County Monaghan, Ireland. It was built in the Gothic style in 1827 and was the seat of the Barons Rossmore, but fell into disrepair in the 1940s when t ...

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County Offaly

Ballycowan Castle Ballycowan Castle is a castle located 4 km west of Tullamore, Co. Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after t ...

, castle ruins * Birr Castle, restored castle *

Blundell Castle There are numerous Bermingham monuments in Ireland particularly in counties County Kildare, Kildare, County Offaly, Offaly, County Galway, Galway, and County Dublin, Dublin. Most are now in a poor state. Athenry Castle in Galway has been restore ...

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Charleville Castle Charleville Castle is a Gothic-style castle located in County Offaly, Ireland, bordering the town of Tullamore, near the River Clodiagh. It is considered one of the finest of its type in the country. History The first mansion house to be buil ...

, restored castle * Clara Castle (County Offaly), castle ruins * Cloghan Castle, restored castle *

Clonmacnoise Castle Clonmacnoise (Irish: ''Cluain Mhic Nóis'') is a ruined monastery situated in County Offaly in Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone, founded in 544 by Saint Ciarán, a young man from Rathcroghan, County Roscommon. Until the 9th ...

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Clonony Castle Clonony () is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland, on the R357 regional road. Located between the River Brosna and the Grand Canal, it is noted for its late medieval tower house of the same name, which was built in 1500. It is situated ...

, castle ruins * Doon Castle, castle ruins *

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Kinnitty Castle Kinnitty Castle or Castle Bernard is a 19th-century gothic revival castle and hotel in Kinnitty (''Cionn Eitigh''), County Offaly, Ireland. It is located north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R421 regional road between the villages of K ...

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Leap Castle Leap Castle (; ga, Caisleán Léim Uí Bhánáin) is a castle in Coolderry, County Offaly, Ireland, about north of the town of Roscrea and south of Kinnitty on the R421. History There are varied accounts as to when exactly the main t ...

, under restoration * Sragh Castle, castle ruins

County Roscommon

: * Ballintober Castle, castle ruins * Castlecoote, Castlecoote House and castle ruins *

Donamon Castle Donamon, or more correctly, Dunamon Castle ( ga, Dún Iomáin) is one of the oldest inhabited buildings in Ireland and stands on raised ground overlooking the River Suck in County Roscommon. There was a fort here from early times (hence the name ...

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Kilronan Castle Kilronan Castle, previously known as Castle Tenison, is a large country house standing in of parkland on the shore of Lough Meelagh in County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland, from the village of Ballyfarnon. The house, originally construct ...

, restored castle * MacDermott's Castle, Castle Island on Lough Key. castle ruins *

Roscommon Castle Roscommon (; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60, N61 and N63 roads. The name Roscommon is derived from Coman mac Faelchon who buil ...

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Rindoon Castle Rindoon () is an abandoned village located in County Roscommon, Ireland. Location Rindoon is located on a headland reaching into Lough Ree, 4 km east of Lecarrow. History and archaeology Rindoon was built in the first half of the 13th c ...

, castle ruins * Castle Sampson, castle ruins

County Sligo County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the an ...

: * Ardtermon Castle, restored castle *

Ballinafad Castle Ballinafad Castle, also known as the Castle of the Curlews, is located in the south of County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland. It can be found on the east side of the N4 road (Ireland), N4, overlooking Lough Arrow at the village of Ballinafad. ...

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Markree Castle Markree Castle is a castle located in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the ancestral seat of the Cooper family, partially moated by the River Unshin. Today it is a small family-run hotel. In the 1830s the Observatory on the grounds of the ...

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County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after t ...

: * Annameadle Castle, castle ruins *

Ardfinnan Castle Ardfinnan Castle, is the sister castle of Lismore Castle and was built circa 1185 to guard the river crossing at Ardfinnan (''Ard Fhíonáin'' in Irish) in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated on the River Suir, seven miles west of Clonme ...

, intact castle * Ballyfinboy Castle, castle ruins with Sheela na gig, near Borrisokane * Ballyquirk Castle, castle ruins *

Ballynahow Castle Ballynahow Castle is a tower house and a National Monument in County Tipperary, Ireland. Location Ballynahow Castle is located west-northwest of Thurles, on the west bank of the Farneybridge River (a tributary of the River Suir). History ...

, intact castle * Ballysheedy Castle

castle ruins * Black Castle, Templemore, castle ruins * Black Castle, Thurles, castle ruins *

Cahir Castle Cahir Castle ( ga, Caisleán na Cathrach), one of the largest castles in Ireland, is sited on an island in the river Suir. It was built from 1142 by Conchobar Ua Briain, King of Thomond. Now situated in Cahir town centre, County Tipperary, the ...

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Castle Fogarty A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

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Kilcash Castle Kilcash Castle is a ruined castle off the N24 road just west of Ballydine in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is in the care of the Irish State. The Butler dynasty has important links to the area. History The main castle building is a fortifi ...

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Lackeen Castle Lackeen Castle, a tower house within a bawn built in the 12th century as a Kennedy stronghold (rebuilt in the 16th century). The castle is a national monument in state ownership and is located in the townland of Abbeville near to Lorrha in Cou ...

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Lorrha Lorrha (from ) is a small village at the northern tip of County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located on a minor road between the R489 Birr to Portumna road and the N65 Nenagh to Portumna road about five kilometres east of the point where the Ri ...

where the Lorrha Missal was discovered in the 18th century. * Lisheen Castle, restored castle *

Loughmoe Castle Loughmoe Castle ( ga, Caisláin Luach Magh, also spelt Loughmore Castle) is a ruined castle at Loughmore Village, near Templemore in County Tipperary, Ireland. The castle was the ancestral home of the Purcell family, the Barons of Loughmoe. Lo ...

, castle ruins * Moorstown Castle, castle ruins, located between Clonmel and Cahi

* Nenagh#Major buildings, Nenagh Castle, intact castle *

Ormonde Castle Ormond Castle () is a castle on the River Suir on the east side of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. The oldest part of the existing castle is a mid-15th century walled bawn, cornered on the northeast and northwest by towers. Histo ...

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Redwood Castle Redwood Castle (also known as ''Egan Castle'' or ''Caislean Choillte Rua'' in Irish) is a Norman castle near Lorrha in County Tipperary, Ireland. The castle was built by the Normans around 1200 AD, and was occupied by them until , when the Mac ...

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Rock of Cashel The Rock of Cashel ( ga, Carraig Phádraig ), also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick's Rock, is a historic site located at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland. History According to local legends, the Rock of Cashel originated in the ...

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Roscrea Castle Roscrea Castle is a 13th-century motte castle in the town of Roscrea, Ireland. The Castle consists of a walled courtyard, gate block, and angled towers. Along with 18th century Damer House and gardens, the Castle forms part of Roscrea Heritage ...

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Shanbally Castle Shanbally Castle was located near Clogheen, County Tipperary and built for Cornelius O'Callaghan, the first Viscount Lismore, in around 1810. It was the largest house built in Ireland by the noted English architect John Nash. The castle was acqu ...

, demolished * Slevoyre House, restored castle

County Waterford

: * Ballycanvan Castle, castle ruins * Ballyclohy Castle, castle ruins * Ballyheeny Castle, castle ruins * Ballymaclode Castle, castle ruins * Barnakile Castle, castle ruins * Carrowncashlane Castle, castle ruins * Clonea Castle, castle ruins * Coolnamuck Castle, castle ruins * Crooke Castle, castle ruins * Cullen Castle, castle ruins * Derrinlaur Castle, castle ruins * Dungarvan Castle, restored castle * Dunhill Castle, castle ruins * Dunmore East Castle, castle ruins * Faithlegg Castle *

Feddans Castle A feddan ( ar, فدّان, faddān) is a unit of area used in Egypt, Sudan, Syria, and the Oman. In Classical Arabic, the word means 'a yoke of oxen', implying the area of ground that could be tilled by oxen in a certain time. In Egypt, the fe ...

, castle ruins * Fox's Castle, castle ruins * Glen Castle, castle ruins *

Greenan Castle Greenan Castle is a 16th-century ruined tower house, around southwest of Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Situated at the top of a sea cliff, it was originally a promontory fort converted into a motte-and-bailey in the 12th century. In the 15th ...

* Kilmeaden Castle, castle ruins * Kincor Castle, castle ruins *

Lismore Castle Lismore Castle ( ga, Caisleán an Lios Mhóir) is a castle located in the town of Lismore, County Waterford in the Republic of Ireland. It belonged to the Earls of Desmond, and subsequently to the Cavendish family from 1753. It is currently the ...

, restored castle * Loughdeheen Castle, castle ruins * MacGrath's Castle, castle ruins * Mountain Castle, castle ruins * Rathgormuck Castle, castle ruins *

Reginald's Tower Reginald's Tower ( ga, Túr Raghnaill) is a historic tower in Waterford, Munster, Ireland. It is located at the eastern end of the city quay. The tower has been in usage for different purposes for many centuries and is an important landmark i ...

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* Rockett's Castle, castle ruins *

Sleady Castle Sleady Castle was built in 1628 by Philip McGrath. It is located in County Waterford, Ireland, approximately from Lismore and Dungarvan. Both Lismore and Dungarvan have ancestral connections to the Clan McGrath. They were patrons to the Augu ...

, castle ruins * Strancally Castle, castle ruins * Waterford Castle, restored castle, now a hotel

County Westmeath

County Wexford

: * Adamstown Castle - tower house * Baldwinstown Castle - castle ruins * Ballyteigue Castle - tower house * Ballyhack Castle, restored castl
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* Ballyhealy Castle, restored Norman castle * Bargy Castle, restored castle. * Barntown Castle, tower house and castle ruins * Clougheast Castle, restored castle * Dungulph Castle, intact castle *

Enniscorthy Castle Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Ireland. At the 2016 census, the population of the town and environs was 11,381. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the Blackstairs Mountain ...

, restored castle * Ferns Castle, restored castle
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Ferrycarrig Castle Ferrycarrig Park has been the home of League of Ireland side Wexford Football Club since joining the league in 2007. The building works for the new stadium and facilities, at Newcastle, Crossabeg, have been ongoing since 2003. Currently spectat ...

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Johnstown Castle Johnstown Castle is a Gothic Revival castle located in County Wexford, Ireland. Location Johnstown Castle is located on the Johnstown Castle Estate, a estate, located off the road between Murntown and Rathaspeck, southwest of Wexford town. ...

, intact castle * Mountgarret Castle ( New Ross), castle ruins * Rathlannon Castle, castle ruins *

Rathmacknee Castle Rathmacknee Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Wexford, Ireland. Location Rathmacknee Castle is located in southeast County Wexford, west of Rosslare. History Rathmacknee Castle is believed to have been built ...

, castle ruins * Sigginstown Castle, castle ruins * Slade Castle, castle ruins * Tellarought Castle ( New Ross), castle ruins

County Wicklow

: * Carnew Castle, Carnew. Tower house ruins, built in the late 16th century. *

Castle Howard Wicklow A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

, intact castle with the addition of a 19th-century Mansion. * Dunganstown Castle, Dunganstown. Remains of a large late-17th century U-plan house and early 17th century tower. * Glenart Castle,

Arklow Arklow (; ; , ) is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century. Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 re ...

. Intact castle in use as a hotel. * Fassaroe Castle, Bray. Built in 1536 by 'Master Tresover'. In ruins. * Kiltegan Castle,

Kiltegan Kiltegan () is a village in west County Wicklow, Ireland, on the R747 regional road close to the border with County Carlow. The 19th century mansion Humewood House lies just outside the village. It was built in 1870 for William Hume-Dick, ...

, intact castle * Kiltimon Castle, Newcastle. C.1550, now in use as a folly. * Kindlestown Castle,

Delgany Delgany () is a small rural village in County Wicklow in Ireland, located on the R762 road which connects to the N11 road at the Glen of the Downs. It is about south of Dublin city centre. While it is an older more rural settlement, it is cl ...

. Castle ruins * Oldcourt Castle, Bray. Built by the Earl of Ormond in 1433. In ruins. *Ormonde Castle, Arklow. Castle ruins, built in 1169 on an old Viking site and destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's army in the 17th century. *

Rathdown Castle Rathdown Castle is a ruined castle and ancient settlement site located in County Wicklow, Ireland. Location Rathdown Castle was located in a deep ravine immediately northeast of Kindlestown Castle and north of Greystones village. In the field ...

. Ruined by the 17th century, very little remains. * Threecastles Castle, Manor Kilbride,

Blessington Blessington, historically known as Ballycomeen (, from the Irish surname ''Ó Coimín''), is a town on the River Liffey in County Wicklow, Ireland, near the border with County Kildare. It is around 25 km south-west of Dublin, and is sit ...

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The Black Castle ''The Black Castle'' is a 1952 American horror film directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Rita Corday and Lon Chaney Jr. It was produced by William Alland. The film was made in the United State ...

, Wicklow Town (now ruins). In 834 AD the

Vikings Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and ...

fortified a strategic rocky promontory at the mouth of the Vartry River in Wicklow Town. Following the Norman invasion a castle was subsequently built, now known as the Black Castle. Between 1295 and 1315 the castle was attacked and burnt down twice by the local O'Byrne Clan.

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}). During the Rebellion of 1641, the castle was taken by Turlough O'Neill and used as his personal fortress until his total defeat two years later. In

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, the castle was dismantled on the orders of

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and was left in ruin. The castle is today a State Care Historic Monument and freely accessible to the public. , - ,

Roughan Castle Roughan may refer to: *Roughan, a townland in Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council ( ga, Comhairle Buirge Dhún Geanainn agus Thír Eoghain Theas, Ulster Scots: ''Rathgannon an Sooth Owenslanngh ...

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, Bawn ,

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, A State Care Historic Monument located near Newmills, Northern Ireland. Roughan Castle is a Plantation era bawn built by Sir Andrew Stewart, the Second Lord Castlestewart. During the Rebellion of 1641, the castle's current lord, Robert Stewart, was appointed a commander in the Rebel armies by Phelim O'Neill and he was captured here and brought to

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to be executed. , - ,

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, , Moy , Country house ,

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, The castle, originally built in

as the seat of the Earl of Charlemont, was remodeled by

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William Murray in the

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style in

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for the second Viscount of Charlemont. Further remodeling later by the Second Viscount's resulted in a house that resembled a French

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. The castle was again renovated in 1864 by the Third Viscount before the castle was razed to the ground by the

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. , - , Stewart Castle , Stewart Castle, Geograph

Newtownstewart Newtownstewart is a village and townland of in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is overlooked by hills called Bessy Bell and Mary Gray and lies on the River Strule below the confluence with its tributary the Owenkillew. It is situated in th ...

, Bawn ,

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, A Plantation era English manor built in

by Sir Robert Newcomen following the

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. The castle was razed twice - first during the Rebellion of 1641 by Sir Felim O'Neill, and again in

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by King James II along with its town as he returned from the

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. Today, the monument is a State Care Historic Monument. Also present on the site is an intact

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that was excavated in

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County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...

County Armagh County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of an ...

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 ...

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