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Inch Castle is a ruined castle located on the southern tip of
Inch Castle is a ruined castle located on the southern tip of Inch Island
Inch Island (; Also spelled in Irish as ''An Inis''.) is in Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland. The island is in Lough Swilly, a sea lough on the northern coast of Ireland. ''Discoverer Series'' Sheet 7 (F Edition). Ordnance Survey of Northern Ir ...
in 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 Tyrconne ...
in Ulster
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...
, the northern province
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in Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. The castle was constructed around 1430
Year 1430 ( MCDXXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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by the Gaelic Irish
The Gaels ( ; ga, Na Gaeil ; gd, Na GÃ idheil ; gv, Ny Gaeil ) are an ethnolinguistic group native to Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man in the British Isles. They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languag ...
lord Neachtain O'Donnell for his father-in-law, Cahir O'Doherty. The '' Ó Dochartaigh'' (O'Doherty) clan were the dominant family on the nearby peninsula of Inishowen
Inishowen () is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland.
The Inishowen peninsula includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head. The Grianan of Aileach, a ringfor ...
and had close links with the O'Donnells. It came to form part of the defensive network of O'Doherty fortifications designed to protect them from rival clans and to overawe those who accepted their overlordship.
Burt Castle
Burt Castle is a ruined castle located close to Newtowncunningham and Burt, two villages in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. Historically it was sometimes spelt as Birt Castle. It is also known by the name O'Doherty's Castle, and s ...
is located just across Lough Swilly
Lough Swilly () in Ireland is a glacial fjord or sea inlet lying between the western side of the Inishowen, Inishowen Peninsula and the Fanad Peninsula, in County Donegal. Along with Carlingford Lough and Killary Harbour it is one of three glaci ...
on the mainland, and this has sometimes led to the two being confused in historical accounts. It should also not be confused with Inch Fort, a much later development on the northern tip of the island which is now also in ruins.Walsh p.204
References
Bibliography
* Doherty, Richard. ''The Siege of Derry, 1689: The Military History''. Spellmount, 2010. * Walsh, David. ''Oileáin: a guide to the Irish islands''. Pesda Press, 2004.Inch Castle
Inch Castle is a ruined castle located on the southern tip of Inch Island in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern Provinces of Ireland, province in Ireland. The castle was constructed around 1430 in Ireland, 1430 by the Gaelic Irish lord Nea ...
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