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Ireland Castles Historical
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Clonegal, Carlow
Beside the small and appealing village of Clonegal is the 17th century  Clonegal Castle  or Century Huntington Castle as it also known.. The granite castle was built in 1695 by Lord Esmonde. The castle has been involved in histoical events and lengends. 

It also said to have two ghosts dwelling in the house aswell! 

On the grounds of the castle is the famed Yew tree avenue,  a canopy of yew tress that are said to be set by monks over 70...
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Athlone, Westmeath
From an unpretentious crossing point on the Shannon, the ford of Luan, Athlone, grew to be the largest town in Westmeath.; The possession of the ford of Athlone has been disputed from earliest times. In 1001 Brian Boru marched there with a great army; in 1129 King Turlough O'Conor erected a wattle bridge there and in 1199 the Normans occupied the town and in 1257 built the town walls, part of which can still be seen. After their defeat at the Boyne in 1690, the Irish withdrew to Athlone and m...
Blackrock Castle
Blackrock, Cork
Located on the River Lee, it has a long history associated with it.
Dating originally to the reign of James I, the castle was destroyed by the fire in 1827 and rebuilt by the Pain Brothers in 1830.

The coat of arms of the castle depicts the castle as one of the strongholds protecting the harbour. The area is the host of some fine views, and the area has a nice riverside walk from the Atlantic pond eastwards.

The castle is now an observatory with an...
Welcome Picture of Castlepollard
Mullingar, Westmeath
This town is about 13 miles from Mullingar and was built in the late 17th century by the Pollard family under a charter from Charles II. The old National school has been converted into an agricultural museum and heritage centre. Just outside Castlepollard in Tullynally Castle, the home of the Earl of Longford's family, the Packenhams.

The gardens are open from May to September....
Welcome Picture of Ardgillan Castle And Victorian Gardens
Balbriggan, Dublin
Built by Rev. Robert Taylor in 1738, this fine 18th century country-manor house is surrounded by 80ha of woodlands and gardens.

It overlooks the sea 30km north of Dublin city. Ardgillan houses the permanent exhibition of 17th century "Down Survey" maps of Ireland.

The garden contains a fine Victorian conservatory and rose garden. A unique 20 alcove fruit wall is one of the features of the Walled Garden which also includes sections for herbs, vegetables and Irish plants.
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Enniscorthy, Wexford
The original castle was founded either by a Prendergast or, less likely, by a Rochford some time between 1232 and 1240. This castle was later repaired by the present structure, which probably uses the same ground plan as the older castle, and which was built by Sir Henry Wallop between 1586 and 1595. the poet Edmund Spenser held a lease of the castle for three days in 1581.

The castle has four storeys, and rounded turrets at the corner (one of which starts above ground). It now con...
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Ballinakill, Laois
An example of a seventeenth-century market town. The ruins of Ballinakill Castle are of a late seventeenth-century castle built by the Dunnes (but never inhabited) on the site of one destroyed by Cromwellian troops under Fairfax. The configuration of streets around the large rectangular square is eighteenth century.

The town's entrance from Abbeyleix is marked by two trees known as Toll Trees where a toll was paid by visitors to the town. The town had important fairs, a brewery, wo...
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Lecarrow, Roscommon, Roscommon
A road on the left at Lecarrow leads to a pleasant lakeside amenity area beyond which is the castle standing on a promontory projecting into the lake.

This was built in 1214 but, according to the Annals of the Four Masters, an earlier fortification was built there in 1156. For a time this castle was in the hands of the Knights Hospitallers and is sometimes called St. John's Castle; it is an example of medieval military architecture....
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Malahide Castle Demesne, Malahide, Dublin
The history of the Talbots of Malahide stretches back virtually unbroken to 1185 when the property was granted to Robert Talbot by Prince John, Lord of Ireland.
The castle is the oldest to be continually inhabited by the same family and, apart from a period during which they were evicted by Cromwell, the Talbots lived there until 1975.
The castle has the only surviving original medieval great hall hung with an impressive collection of family portraits. It is said that 14 Talbot cousins b...
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Castle Street, Roscrea, Tipperary
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The Castle was allegedly built by King John in 1213, but was probably not erected until the middle of the 13th century. An enclosure, reached from the street through a 19th century gateway, was surrounded by a strong wall with one rectangular and two D-shaped towers in it. At one corner is a tall rectangular tower with a fine vault and a fireplace on the second floor. The upper floors have an unusual selection of passages and stairs leading to various defensive positions...
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