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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 ...
and thus
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
or in the
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 the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...
, 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 the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...


County Carlow County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a county located in the South-East Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Carlow is the second smallest and the third least populous of Ireland's 32 traditional counties. Carlow Cou ...

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County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

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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 118,817 ...


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 are ...

: * 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. Th ...
* 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 Belvelly Castle is a 14th or 15th-century tower house in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated next to the small village of Belvelly, opposite and overlooking the only road bridge connecting Fota Island to Great Island (on which the town of Cob ...
* 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 ...
, restored castle *
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 the ...
, restored castle *
Buttevant Castle Buttevant ( or ''Ecclesia Tumulorum'' in the Latin) is a medieval market town, incorporated by charter of Edward III, situated in North County Cork, Ireland. While there may be reason to suggest that the town may occupy the site of an earl ...
* 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 Carrignamuck () is a townland within the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Magourney and catholic parish of Aghabullogue, County Cork, Ireland. It is 363.76 acres in size, situate north-east of Coachford village, and north-west of Dripse ...
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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 ...
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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 Castlefreke, also known as Rathbarry (), is a townland and village in County Cork, Ireland. The townland is located in the civil parish of Rathbarry on the R598 regional road, to the east of Rosscarbery. Name The townland takes its common I ...
, 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 ...
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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 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 ...
, 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&n ...
* Castleminsters * Castlesaffron *
Cloghan Castle There are several structures named Cloghan Castle, all in Ireland: * Cloghan Castle in County Cork * Cloghan Castle in County Offaly *Loughrea Castle Loughrea Castle (also known as Cloghan Castle) is a castle located in Loughrea, County Galway ...
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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 Cor or COR may refer to: People * Cor people, an ethnic group of Vietnam * Cor (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jon Cor (born 1984), a Canadian actor Places * Cor, Templeport, a townland in County Cavan, Ireland * Californ ...
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Creagh Castle Creagh is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic ''Craobhach'', meaning "branch". The Creagh family was first found in County Clare, where they held a family seat from ancient times. It is also the name of several locations throughout the isla ...
* 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 pu ...
* Dundareirke Castle, castle ruins *
Dunlough Castle Dunlough Castle, standing atop the cliffs at the northern tip of the Mizen Peninsula, looks at the Atlantic Ocean from the extreme southwest point of Ireland. Founded in 1207 by Donagh O’Mahony, Dunlough is one of the oldest castles in souther ...
, 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 *
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 ...
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Kilbrittain Castle Kilbrittain or Killbrittain () is the name of a village, townland and parish in County Cork, Ireland. The village lies about southwest of Bandon, and near Courtmacsherry and Timoleague. The coastal route around the edge of the parish is the R6 ...
, 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 ...
, castle ruins *
Mallow Castle Mallow Castle is a National Monument situated off the N72 on Bridewell Lane, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. Description The site is composed of gardens and parkland on which three buildings sit: the remains of a 16th-century fortified house ...
, 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 Tyrconne ...

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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 ...
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Drumboe Castle Drumboe Castle was located on the outskirts of Stranorlar, a small town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. Early history In 1622, during the Plantation of Ulster, Robert Redington sold the estate at Ballybofey to Sir Ralph Bingley. Bingle ...
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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 1 ...
, Complete Castle *
Monellan Castle Monellan Castle was a large castellated mansion on the southern outskirts of The Cross, a hamlet just outside Killygordon in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It was constructed in the eighteenth century for t ...
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Mongavlin Castle Mongavlin Castle also known as Mongevlin Castle is a ruined castle on the west bank of the River Foyle, approx 3 km south of St Johnston, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It was once a stronghold of the O'Donnell dynasty, O'Don ...
* 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


County Dublin "Action to match our speech" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Dublin.svg , map_alt = map showing County Dublin as a small area of darker green on the east coast within the lighter green background of ...

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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 Ashtown Castle (Irish: ''Caisleán Bhaile an Ásaigh'') is a tower house in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland. It was found hidden within the walls of a much larger and more recent Georgian building, the Under Secretary's Lodge also known a ...
, 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 Carrickmines Castle is an archaeological site in Carrickmines, County Dublin, in eastern Ireland. The castle was built in the Middle Ages to protect the English-ruled Pale around Dublin. The mostly subsurface ruins lay in the path of the M50 Mot ...
, 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 Castle ( ga, Caisleán Chluain Tarbh) is a much-modernised castle, dating to 1837, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, an area famous as a key location of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. There has been a castle on the site since 1172. In mod ...
, 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 se ...
, 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 ...
, Restored Castle *
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 h ...
, 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 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 ...
, 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 *
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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Ruin *Simmonscourt Castle, Smotscour
''NIAH survey''
*Stillorgan Castle, Stillorgan. 18th-century house on site of earlier castle, now incorporated into the modern St
John of God John of God ( pt, João de Deus; es, Juan de Dios; lat, Joannes Dei; March 8, 1495 – March 8, 1550) was a Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a ...
hospital complex
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* Swords Castle, castle ruins, undergoing restoration *
Tallaght Castle Tallaght Castle (also known as Tallaght House and formerly known as the Archiepiscopal Palace) was a castle in Kilnamanagh, Tallaght, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It dates from the 14th Century. It became an official residence o ...
, Tower House, incorporated into the buildings of St. Mary's Priory in Tallaght village *Templeogue Hous
''NIAH survey''
*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. Clondalk ...
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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 ...
, Williamstow
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County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = ...

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Ardamullivan Castle Ardamullivan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Location Ardamullivan Castle is located south of Gort and southwest of Lough Cutra. History Ardamullivan Castle was built in the 16th century ...
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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 Aughnanure Castle (''Caisleán Achadh na nlubhar'' in Irish) is a tower house in Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland. It is situated in the west of Ireland. It was built by the O' Flaherty's in the 16th century. History The castle was built by ...
, 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 Ballymore Castle in Lawrencetown, County Galway, Ireland was originally a 15th-century tower house belonging to O'Madden. A house was added in 1620, and the castle has been much altered since then. Early history The castle was built in 1585 b ...
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Ballynahinch Castle Ballynahinch Castle is a former Ireland, Irish country house and estate, built on the site of a former castle, which is now a luxury hotel set in a private estate in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. The castle lies on the edge of ...
, 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 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 ...
, restored castl

* Castle Kirk, castle ruins * Castletown Castle, castle ruins *
Clifden Castle Clifden Castle is a ruined manor house west of the town of Clifden in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. It was built for John D'Arcy, the local landowner, in the Gothic Revival style. It fell into disrepair after becoming uninh ...
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Cloghan Castle There are several structures named Cloghan Castle, all in Ireland: * Cloghan Castle in County Cork * Cloghan Castle in County Offaly *Loughrea Castle Loughrea Castle (also known as Cloghan Castle) is a castle located in Loughrea, County Galway ...
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* 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 king ...
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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 to ...
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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 and ...
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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 ...
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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 County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

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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 ...
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Ballingarry Castle Ballingarry may refer to: Places *Ballingarry, County Limerick, a village in County Limerick, Ireland *Ballingarry, North Tipperary, a townland and civil parish in the north of County Tipperary, Ireland *Ballingarry, South Tipperary, a village in ...
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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 ...
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Ballycarbery Castle Ballycarbery Castle is a castle {{convert, 3, km, mi, 0 from Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland. The castle is high on a grass hill facing the sea and is a short distance from Cahergall Fort and Leacanabuile Fort. History There was so ...
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Ballyheigue Castle Ballyheigue ( ), officially Ballyheige ( - meaning ''Settlement of Tadhg'') is a coastal village in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is approximately north of Tralee on the R551 road, R551. It is a scenic locale which forms part ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Castle Sybil 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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Derryquin Castle Derryquin Castle was an 18th-century stone-built country house, now demolished, in the Parknasilla estate in Sneem, County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. It stood on the Ring of Kerry route some 40 km (25 miles) south-west of Killarney. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Gallarus Castle Gallarus Castle is a four-storey rectangular tower house in Baile na nGall, County Kerry, Ireland and is notable as one of the few fortified structures preserved on the Dingle Peninsula. History Gallarus Castle was built in the 15th centur ...
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Listowel Castle Listowel Castle, located near the town of Listowel, County Kerry in Ireland, was built in the 15th century. It was the last bastion against Queen Elizabeth I in the Desmond Rebellion, First Desmond Rebellion, and was the last fortress of the Ger ...
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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 ...
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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 with th ...
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County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, ...

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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. H ...
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Kilteel Castle Kilteel () is the name of a village, townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish located in the Barony (Ireland), barony of List of baronies of Ireland, South Salt, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The townland of Kilteel ...
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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 Kildare F ...
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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 County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

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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 ...
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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 ...
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Kilbline Castle Kilbline Castle is a fortified 16th century tower house in County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is set on the Kilbline Estate in the parish of Tullaherin, within the historical barony Gowran, approximately 1 mile southeast of Bennettsbridge. It is ...
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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 of N ...
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* Kilmurry Castle, castle ruins *
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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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 ...
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County Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ...

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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 ...
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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 Dysart Castle is a castle ruins and property just outside Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. History It is best known as the childhood home of George Berkeley, the Irish philosopher for whom Berkeley, California and ...
, 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 Dunamase or the Rock of Dunamase ( ga, Dún Másc "fort of Másc") is a rocky outcrop in County Laois, Ireland. Rising above a plain, it has the ruins of Dunamase Castle, a defensive stronghold dating from the early Hiberno-Norman period with ...
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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 ...
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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 = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Munster , subdivision ...

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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 reta ...
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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 ...
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Glin Castle Glin Castle is a Georgian country house and national heritage site located along the River Shannon in Glin, County Limerick, Glin, County Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The castle has belonged to the FitzGerald dynasty, FitzMaurice/Fit ...
, Hotel * King John's Castle, Limerick City * Lisnacullia Castle * Oola Castle * Rockstown Castle * Springfield Castle, available for rent *
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 ...


County Longford County Longford ( gle, Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 46,6 ...

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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 County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...

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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 ...
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Castle Roche Castle Roche (Irish: Dún Gall) is a Norman castle located some 10 km (7 miles) north-west of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. It was the seat of the de Verdun family (also spelt de Verdon), who built the castle in 1236 AD. It is built upon ...
, 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 Smarmore Castle is an Irish Medieval castle located south of Ardee in County Louth. History Smarmore Castle was first officially mentioned in 1320 as the seat of the Viscount Taaffe, Taaffe family. The Taaffe family, originating from Britain, l ...
, intact castle * Taaffe Castle, castle ruins * Termonfeckin Castle, survivor of two tower houses, other demolished ca. 1800.


County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...

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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 Le ...
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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 ...
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Doon Castle There is little remaining of Doon Castle (), situated on a hill in the townland of the same name, in the parish of Aughagower approximately four miles from Westport in County Mayo. In 1133, Cormac MacCarthy and Conor O'Brien invaded Connaught ...
, 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'M ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 sou ...

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Donore Castle Donore Castle is a tower house (''caiseal'') and National Monument in County Meath, Ireland. Location Donore Castle is located on the north bank of the Boyne, south of the R161, just upriver of the point where it meets the Enfield Blackwa ...
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Dunsany Castle Dunsany Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhún Samhnaí), Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland is a modernised Anglo-Norman castle, started c. 1180 / 1181 by Hugh de Lacy, who also commissioned the original Killeen Castle, nearby, and the famous Trim Castle ...
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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 ...
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Skryne Castle Skryne Castle ( ga, Caislean na Scríne or ) is a castle located at Skryne, County Meath, Ireland. The motte and bailey castle was built by Adam de Feypo in the 12th century.Skryne and the Early Normans by Elizabeth Hickey Elizabeth Hickey (1917 ...
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Slane Castle Slane Castle (Irish ''Cáisleán Bhaile Shláine'') is located in the village of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The castle has been the family seat of the Marquess Conyngham, Conyngham family since i ...
, 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, Lord of Meath, Hugh de ...
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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 Cou ...

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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 ...
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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 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 the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ...

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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 ...
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Birr Castle Birr Castle (Irish: ''Caisleán Bhiorra'') is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of the 7th Earl of Rosse and his family, and as such the residential areas of the castle are not open to the public ...
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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 ...
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Cloghan Castle There are several structures named Cloghan Castle, all in Ireland: * Cloghan Castle in County Cork * Cloghan Castle in County Offaly *Loughrea Castle Loughrea Castle (also known as Cloghan Castle) is a castle located in Loughrea, County Galway ...
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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 ...
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Doon Castle There is little remaining of Doon Castle (), situated on a hill in the townland of the same name, in the parish of Aughagower approximately four miles from Westport in County Mayo. In 1133, Cormac MacCarthy and Conor O'Brien invaded Connaught ...
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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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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 "Steadfast Irish heart" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Roscommon.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Connacht , subdi ...

: * 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 Lough Key ( gle, Loch Cé) is a lake in Ireland. It is in the northwest of County Roscommon, northeast of the town of Boyle. The lough is believed to be named after a mythical figure named Cé. Name The name ''Lough Key'' comes from the Irish ' ...
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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 of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local ...

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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, overlooking Lough Arrow at the village of Ballinafad. The castle is in ...
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Ballymote Castle , location=County Sligo, Connacht , nearest_town=Ballymote , country=Ireland , image=Co. Sligo, Ballymote Castle 2, 1792.jpg , alt=The castle in the 1790s , caption=The castle in the 1790s , pushpin_map=Ireland , pushpin_map_alt=Location ...
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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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* Roslee Castle, castle ruins * Temple House Castle, castle ruin
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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 th ...

: * 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 Borrisokane () is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated at the junction of the N52 and N65 national secondary roads. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 942. The Ballyfinboy River flows through the town on its way to Lough ...
* 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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* Carrigeen Castle, restored castle * Clonakenny Castle, castle ruins *
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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Cranagh Castle Cranagh is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is in the Glenelly Valley, about seven miles from Plumbridge Plumbridge is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is a crossroads village, standing on the bank ...
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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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restored castle * Killahara castle, Killahara Castle, restored castle * Knockgraffan, early ráth *
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 Rive ...
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 language, Irish) is a Norman architecture, Norman castle near Lorrha in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The castle was built by the Normans aroun ...
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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 Rive ...
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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 County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...

: * 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 Cullen Castle was a royal castle about west of Cullen, Moray, Cullen, Moray, Scotland, west of the burn of Deskford, and south of Seatown. The remains have been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, accessible to the public. This is not to ...
, 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]
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part of the old city walls of Waterford *Rockett's Castle, castle ruins *Sleady Castle, castle ruins *Strancally Castle, castle ruins *Waterford Castle, restored castle, now a hotel


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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, restored castle *Ferns, County Wexford, Ferns Castle, restored castle
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*Ferrycarrig Castle, castle ruins *Johnstown Castle, intact castle *Mountgarret Castle (New Ross), castle ruins *Rathlannon Castle, castle ruins *Rathmacknee Castle, 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, 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. Intact castle in use as a hotel. *Fassaroe Castle, Bray, County Wicklow, Bray. Built in 1536 by 'Master Tresover'. In ruins. *Kiltegan Castle, Kiltegan, intact castle *Kiltimon Castle, Newcastle. C.1550, now in use as a folly. *Kindlestown Castle, Delgany. 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. Ruined by the 17th century, very little remains. * Threecastles Castle, Manor Kilbride, Blessington. Largely intact late 14th/15th-century castle marking the boundary of the Pale. *The Black Castle, Wicklow, The Black Castle, Wicklow Town (now ruins). In 834 AD the Vikings 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.


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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County Tyrone

}). 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 1648 in Ireland, 1648, the castle was dismantled on the orders of Parliament of United Kingdom, Parliament and was left in ruin. The castle is today a State Care Historic Monument and freely accessible to the public. , - , Roughan Castle , , Newmills , Bawn , 1618 in Ireland, 1618 , A State Care Historic Monument located near Newmills, Northern Ireland. Roughan Castle is a Plantation era bawn built by Sir Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Castlestewart, Andrew Stewart, the Second Earl Castle Stewart, Lord Castlestewart. During the Irish Rebellion of 1641, 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 Dublin to be executed. , - , Roxborough Castle , , Moy, County Tyrone, Moy , Country house , 1738 in Ireland, 1738 , The castle, originally built in 1738 in Ireland, 1738 as the seat of the Earl of Charlemont, was remodeled by architect William Murray in the Italianate architecture, Italianate style in 1842 in Ireland, 1842 for the second Viscount of Charlemont. Further remodeling later by the Second Viscount's resulted in a house that resembled a France, French château. The castle was again renovated in 1864 by the Third Viscount before the castle was razed to the ground by the Irish Republican Army (1917–22), Irish Republican Army in 1922 in Ireland, 1922. , - , Stewart Castle, Northern Ireland, Stewart Castle , , Newtownstewart , Bawn , 1619 in Ireland, 1619 , A Plantation era English manor built in 1619 in Ireland, 1619 by Sir Robert, Sir Robert Newcomen, 1st Baron Kenagh, Sir Robert Newcomen baronets, Newcomen following the Flight of the Earls. The castle was razed twice - first during the Rebellion of 1641 by Sir Felim O'Neill, and again in 1689 in Ireland, 1689 by King James II of England, James II along with its town as he returned from the Siege of Derry. Today, the monument is a State Care Historic Monument. Also present on the site is an intact Bronze Age cist that was excavated in 1999 in Ireland, 1999.


See also

*Abbeys, Priory, priories and historic houses **Abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland **Historic houses in England **Historic houses in Northern Ireland **Historic houses in the Republic of Ireland **Historic houses in Scotland **Historic houses in Wales *Castles **Castles in England **Castles in Scotland **Castles in Wales *History of Ireland *List of country estates in Northern Ireland *List of castles in the Republic of Ireland *List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland *List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland


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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{Châteaux Lists of castles in Europe, Ireland Castles in Ireland Lists of castles in the United Kingdom Castles in Northern Ireland, * Lists of buildings and structures in Northern Ireland Lists of buildings and structures in the Republic of Ireland, Castles Castles in the Republic of Ireland, * Lists of tourist attractions in Ireland, Castles Lists of castles by country, Ireland