monkstown castle

Now the club-house of Monkstown Golf-club, this castle was built by Anastasia Archdeacon, nee Gould, about 1636.
She built it while her husband was away at sea, and having deducted the cost of the mason's board and lodgings from the total cost, she found she had only paid 4d for the whole castle.

It consists of a square central block flanked at the corners by four massive square towers, and it has gables at the top . It was used as a barracks in the 18th century.