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Castles in the Republic of Ireland is a link page for any castle in the Republic of Ireland.

By county

County Carlow

Castles of Co Carlow
Ballyloughan Castle, Ruins
Ballymoon Castle, Ruins
Carlow Castle, Ruins
Castlemore's Castle, 12th century, built by Raymond le Gross, remains of moat only. History
Garryhill Castle, Ruins
Huntington (Clonegal) Castle, Restored
Leighlinbridge (Black) Castle, Ruins
Tinnahinch Castle, Ruins

County Cavan

County Dublin

Ardgillan Castle, Ardgillan Demesne, Balrothery
Artaine Castle, Artaine
Ashtown Castle, Phoenix Park. OPW info
Athgoe Castle, Newcastle, intact, NIAH survey
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, NIAH survey
Castleknock Castle
Cheeverstown
Clonskeagh Castle, Roebuck. 19th century, on site of earlier castle.
Clontarf Castle, Clontarf. Restored Castle, Hotel. NIAH survey
Conn Castle, intact
Dalkey, 2 remaining of original 7 castles
Donabate, intact
Drimnagh Castle, Drimnagh. Restored Castle. NIAH survey
Drumcondra Castle, Richmond. Conference centre
Dublin Castle, Dublin City. Restored Castle
Dundrum Castle, Dundrum. Ruins
Dunsoghly Castle, Restored Castle
Howth Castle, Howth.NIAH survey
Grange, intact?
Irishtown Castle, ruin
Kilgobbin Castle, ruin, History
Killiney Castle, Scalpwilliam or Mount Mapas.NIAH survey
Killininny Castle, Firhouse
Kilsallaghan Castle
Knocklyne (Knocklyon) Castle, Knocklyon. Intact, private residence. NIAH survey
Lambay Castle, Lambay Island NIAH survey
Lanestown, intact
Luttrellstown Castle, Restored Castle
Merrion Castle
Malahide Castle, Malahide Demesne. Restored Castle
Merrion Castle, Merrion.
Monkstown Castle, 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 (Stella's Tower), intact
Puck's Castle, Shankill. brief history & photos, Ruin
Puck's Castle
Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham Demesne. Restored Castle
Rathmines Castle, Rathmines West. NIAH survey
Robswall, intact
Roebuck Castle, Roebuck. Hall of residence UCD campus NIAH survey
Sarsfield Castle, intact
Seatown
Shangannagh Castle, ruins, not to be confused with the late 18th century house of the same name
Shankill Castle, Shankill. NIAH survey, brief history, Ruin
Simmonscourt Castle, Smotscourt.NIAH survey
Stillorgan Castle, Stillorgan. 18th century house on site of earlier castle, now incorporated into the modern St John of God hospital complex. NIAH survey
Swords Castle, Castle Ruins, undergoing restoration
Templeogue House NIAH survey
Thorncastle
Tully's Castle, Clondalkin, ruins, Picture
Tymon Castle, Tymon North. Demolished in the 1970s
Williamstown Castle, Williamstown.NIAH survey

County Galway

Abbeyglen Castle, Hotel, website
Athenry Castle, Castle Ruins OPW info
Aughnanure Castle
Ballymore Castle, Restored Castle
Ballynahinch Castle, Hotel
Castle Ellen, Under Restoration, [3]
Castle Kirk, Castle Ruins
Castletown Castle, Castle Ruins
Cregg Castle, Restored Castle
Dunguaire Castle, Restored Castle
Feartagar Castle, Castle Ruins
Fiddaun Castle, Castle Ruins
Glinsk Castle
Hackett Castle, Castle Ruins
Lynch's Castle, Restored Castle
Menlow Castle (also Menlo or Menlough)
Oranmore Castle, Restored Castle
Portumna Castle, Restored Castle
Thoor Ballylee, W.B. Yeats' former holiday home, which has been restored and is open to visitors during the summer months: the tower has been restored as a Yeats Museum.

County Kerry

Ardea Castle [4]
Ballybunnion Castle
Ballybunnion Castle
Ballingarry Castle
Ballinskelligs Castle
Ballybunion Castle
Ballycarbery Castle
Ballymalis Castle
Ballyseede Castle, Hotel
Cappanacuss Castle [5]
Carrigafoyle Castle
Carrignass Castle
Castle Sybil
Castle of the Island
Dromore Castle
Dunbeg Promontory fort
Dunkerron Castle [6]
Dunloe Castle [7]
Gallarus Castle
Listowel Castle
Minard Castle
Parkavonear Castle
Ross Castle, Restored Castle. OPW info
Straigue Fort

County Kildare

Barberstown Castle, Restored Castle, Hotel
Castle Rheban, ruins. History
Grange Castle, Castle Ruins
Jigginstown Castle (Sigginstown House), ruins. History
Kilkea Castle, Restored Castle, Hotel
Kilteel Castle, substantial remains. History
Leixlip Castle, Restored Castle
Maynooth Castle, substantial remains, open June to October. History
Rathcoffey Castle, only gate-house & guard-house survive. History
White's Castle, Restored Castle, private residence.
Castletown house celbridge^[2]

County Kilkenny

Annaghs Castle
Ballinlaw Castle
Ballybur Castle^[3]
Burnchurch Castle
Carrickcloney Castle
Clara Castle, built by the Shortall family.[8]
Coolhill Castle
Corluddy Castle
Dunkitt Castle
Foulksrath Castle
Gorteens Castle
Gowran Castle
Granagh Castle
Kilkenny Castle, Restored Castle. OPW info
Maudlin Castle
Shankill Castle - [9], Restored Castle

County Laois

Ballaghmore Castle, (Castle to Rent), Borris in Ossory, Co. Laois.
Castle Durrow, Hotel
Dunamase Castle, Castle Ruins
Cullahill Castle, Castle Ruins

County Leitrim

Parke's Castle, Restored Castle. OPW info

County Limerick

Askeaton Castle
Ballygrennan Castle
Black Castle
Bourchier's Castle
Carrigogunnell Castle
Castle Matrix
Castle Oliver, also known as Clonodfoy, [10]
Castle Troy
Croom Castle
Desmond Castle
Glin Castle (Old)
Glin Castle, Hotel
King John's Castle, Limerick City
Lisnacullia Castle
Rockstown Castle
Springfield Castle, available for rent
Williamstown Castle

County Longford

Tullynally Castle. info
Castleforbes. Castleforbes home page

County Louth

Barmeath Castle, Restored Castle
Castle Roche, Castle Ruins
Darver Castle, Restored Castle, Hotel
King John's Castle, Restored Castle
Taaffe Castle, Castle Ruins
Termonfeckin Castle, only survivor of original two tower houses, other demolished ca. 1800.

County Mayo

Ahena Castle, Ruin. Description at Taugheen school website.
Ashford Castle, Hotel
Belleek Castle, Hotel
Deel Castle, Ruin
Rockfleet Castle

County Meath

Dunsany Castle, 1182-
Killeen Castle, Being restored as a castle hotel, see 'Cusack' for history
Slane Castle, Restored Castle
Tara, Castle Ruins
Trim Castle, Restored Castle. OPW info
The Black Castle
Newcastle-Lyons

County Monaghan

Castle Leslie

County Offaly

Ballycowan Castle
Birr Castle
Charleville Castle
Clara Castle, ruins
Clonmacnoise Castle, ruins
Clonony Castle
Doon Castle
Kinnitty Castle, restored, hotel.
Leap Castle
Sragh Castle
Blundell Castle, Ruins, Coolestown/Edenderry

County Roscommon

Roscommon Castle
Ballintober Castle, Castle Ruins
Kilronan Castle , Restored Castle, Hotel
Donamon Castle, Restored Castle
Castlecoote, Castlecoote House and Castle Ruins

County Sligo

Ballymote Castle
Markree Castle History, Restored Castle, Hotel
Moygara Castle, ruin of castle Castle Website
Parke's Castle
Temple House Castle, Castle Ruins Manor & Castle History

County Tipperary

Annameadle Castle, Ruined castle, located by Annameadle Court
Ardfinnan Castle
Ballyquirk Castle
Ballysheedy Castle, [11]
Cahir Castle, Restored Castle. OPW info
Carrigeen Castle, Restored Castle
Farney Castle [12]
Killaghy Castle Killaghy Castle, Restored Castle
Knockgraffan, early Ráth, [13]
Moorstown Castle, ruins, on private lands, located between Clonmel and Cahir.[14]
Nenagh Castle
Ormonde Castle, Manor House. OPW info
Redwood Castle, tower house near Lorrha
Rock of Cashel, Restored Castle
Roscrea Castle
Shanbally Castle, Demolished

County Waterford

Ballycanvan Castle, castle ruins
Ballyclohy Castle
Ballyheeny Castle, castle ruins
Ballymaclode Castle, castle ruins
Barnakile Castle, castle ruins
Carrowncashlane Castle, castle ruins
Clonea Castle, castle ruins
Coolnamuck Castle
Crooke Castle, castle ruins
Cullen Castle, castle ruins
Derrinlaur Castle
Dungarvan Castle, restored castle
Dunhill Castle, castle ruins
Dunmore East Castle, castle ruins
Faithlegg Castle
Feddans Castle, castle ruins
Fox's Castle, castle ruins
Geneva Barracks
Glen Castle
Greenan Castle
Kilgainey Castle
Kilmeaden Castle, castle ruins
Kincor Castle
Lismore Castle, restored castle
Loughdeheen Castle, castle ruins
MacGrath's Castle, castle ruins
Mountain Castle, castle ruins
Rathgormuck Castle, castle ruins
Reginald's Tower OPW info, part of the old city walls of Waterford
Rockett's Castle, castle ruins
Sleady Castle, castle ruins
Waterford Castle, restored castle, now a hotel

County Westmeath

Athlone Castle, Restored Castle
Portlick Castle [15], Restored Castle
Rathcastle
Tullynally Castle, Restored Castle
Knockdrin Castle
Clonyn Castle
Ballinlough Castle
Killua Castle
Tyrrellspass Castle
Nugent Castle Delvin

County Wexford

Adamstown Castle - Tower House
Baldwinstown Castle - Castle Ruins
Ballyteigue Castle - Tower House
Ballyhack Castle, Restored Castle OPW info
Enniscorthy Castle, Restored Castle
Ferns Castle, Restored Castle. OPW info
Ferrycarrig Castle
Johnstown Castle
Mountgarret Castle (New Ross)
Rathlannon Castle
Rathmacknee Castle, Castle Ruins
Slade Castle

County Wicklow

Carnew Castle, Carnew. Former tower house, built in the late 16th century.
Dunganstown Castle, Dunganstown West. Remains of a large late-17th Century U-plan house and early 17th Century tower .
Kiltimon Castle, Newcastle. C.1550, now in use as a folly
Ormonde Castle, Arklow. Castle ruins, built in 1169 on an old Viking site and destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's army in the 17th century.
Threecastles castle, Manor Kilbride, Blessington. Largely intact remains of a late 14th / 15th Century castle marking the boundary of the Pale.
The Black Castle (Wicklow town). Castle ruins ,The Vikings were extremely active in the Wicklow Town area from around 795. In 834 they plundered the Monastery at Glendalough. In the same year they fortified a strategic rocky promonatory 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. The First mention of the Black Castle in recorded history was 1174. Between 1295 and 1315 the Castle was attacked and burnt down twice by the local O' Byrne Clan.

References

^ Photographs of Castledonovan Castle undergoing restoration by Mike Searle (2007)
^ Castletown house Website - Castletown is Ireland's largest and earliest Palladian style house.
^ "Ballybur Castle Website". Ballyburcastle.com. Retrieved 2011-11-22.

External links

See individual entries

[1] Photographs of Castledonovan Castle undergoing restoration by Mike Searle (2007)

[2] Castletown house Website - Castletown is Ireland's largest and earliest Palladian style house.

[3] "Ballybur Castle Website". Ballyburcastle.com. Retrieved 2011-11-22.

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v t e Historic Irish houses and castles
Connacht	Ashford Castle Aughnanure Castle Ballymore Castle Ballymote Castle Ballynahinch Castle Castle Hackett Classiebawn Castle Clifden Castle Clonalis House Dunguaire Castle Dunsandle Castle Eyrecourt Castle Fiddaun Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport House
Dublin	Abbeville, Dublin Aldborough House Áras an Uachtaráin Ardgillan Castle Ashtown Castle Baggotrath Castle Carrickmines Castle Castleknock Castle Chichester House Clontarf Castle Deerfield Drimnagh Castle Dublin Castle Farmleigh Frescati House Hillcourt Howth Castle Iveagh House Leinster House Lucan Manor Luttrellstown Castle Malahide Castle Manderley Castle Manresa House Mansion House Merrion Castle Mornington House Rathfarnham Castle Roebuck, Dublin Sutton Castle Swords Castle
Rest of Leinster	Allenstown House Altamont House Ardbraccan House Athlone Castle Athclare Castle Athlumney Castle Avondale House Ballinlough Castle Barberstown Castle Bargy Castle Beaulieu House Bellinter House Belvedere House Bellevue House Birr Castle Blessington House Butler House Carton House Castle Durrow Castlemartin House and Estate Castle Roche Castletown House Charleville Castle Dangan Castle Dardistown Castle Darver Castle Duckett's Grove Dunsany Castle Durhamstown Castle Emo Court Enniscorthy Castle Foulksrath Castle Gloster House Humewood Castle Huntington Castle Kilkea Castle Killeen Castle, Dunsany Kilkenny Castle Killruddery House Kinnitty Castle Leap Castle Leixlip Castle Lisnavagh House Loftus Hall Luggala Lodge Lyons Demesne Maynooth Castle Marlfield House Middleton Park House Mount Loftus Portlick Castle Powerscourt House Rock of Dunamase Russborough House Slane Castle Stradbally Hall Straffan House Summerhill House Tallaght Castle Townley Hall Trim Castle
Munster	Abbeville, Tipperary Adare Manor Ardfinnan Castle Ballinalacken Castle Ballinskelligs Castle Ballycarbery Castle Ballyhannon Castle Bantry House Barryscourt Castle Black Castle Blarney Castle Bourchier's Castle Bunratty Castle Bowen's Court Cahir Castle Cappoquin House Castle Conway Castle Donovan Castle Gurteen de la Poer Castle Maine Castle Oliver Castle Otway Craggaunowen Castle Croom Castle Curraghmore Damer House Derreen House Derryquin Castle Desmond Castle, Kinsale Doonagore Castle Dough Castle Dromoland Castle Dromore Castle Dunasead Castle Dunboy Castle Dunkerron Castle Dunlough Castle Ennistymon House Fota House Gallarus Castle Kenmare House Kilcash Castle Killagha Abbey Killarney House Kiltinan Castle King John's Castle Knappogue Castle Leamaneh Castle Lismore Castle Listowel Castle Macroom Castle Moorstown Castle Mount Congreve Mount Trenchard House Muckross House Newhall House Newtown Castle O'Dea Castle Ormonde Castle Parkavonear Castle Red House Redwood Castle Rock of Cashel Roscrea Castle Ross Castle Shanmuckinish Castle Slevoir House Strancally Castle Tarbert House Vernon Mount Waterford Castle Woodhouse Woodstown House
Ulster	Altinaghree Castle Archbishop's Palace, Armagh Arthur Cottage Bailieborough Castle Ballymoyer House Bangor Castle Baronscourt Belfast Castle Bellamont House Blessingbourne House Burt Castle Carrickfergus Castle Castle Caulfield Castle Coole Castle Leslie Castle Saunderson Clandeboye House Cloughoughter Castle Crom Castle Dartrey Forest Derrymore House Doe Castle Donegal Castle Dundrum Castle Dungannon Castle Dunluce Castle Florence Court Glenarm Castle Glenveagh Castle Gosford Castle Grianan of Aileach Hillsborough Castle Hope Castle Inch Castle Lissan House Lough Eske Castle Monellan Castle Mongavlin Castle Mount Stewart Parkanaur House Richhill Castle Rossmore Castle Springhill House Tynan Abbey
See also Historic houses in Northern Ireland Historic houses in the Republic of Ireland

Revision as of 20:24, 7 June 2012

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See also

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References

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