castles historical offaly

Domestic quarters were added on over the following centuries, giving us today a Most attractive architectural composition. Now lovingly restored in a superb parkland setting, its owners delight in sharing their private home with visitors....

Redwood Castle was constructed by Normans in 1210, but came into the possession of the Mac Egans, the leading Irish Family of Brehon Lawyers in 1350. They established a famous Law School which flourished for three hundred years, until the castle was destroyed by fire in 1650. The ruin was acquired and restored by an Egan lawyer in the 1970s....

A letter from Lady Louisa Conolly of Castletown House to Lady Charleville (or Lady Tullamore as she then was) states " I am very glad to hear that you have begun your castle, for I think that there are few occupations more entertaining than building, and Lord Tullamore, I am sure, will enjoy it much, having planned it all himself."

Charleville Forest Castle is the finest and most spectacular early 19th century castle in Ireland, and the Gothic masterpiece of Francis Johnston. Designed...