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Pages in category "Ruined castles in the Republic of Ireland" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Dunluce Castle (/ d ʊ n ˈ l uː s /; from Irish Dún Libhse) [3] is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland, the seat of Clan MacDonnell.It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in County Antrim (between Portballintrae and Portrush), and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland.
awscyh/Flickr Castles, chateaux, and mansions - these are displays of wealth and power usually reserved for kings and countesses, or at least old-timey movie stars. It's hard to imagine these ...
The castle's architecture would suggest that the castle was built by a Norman lord c. 1300 and was likely abandoned in the 14th century. [3] Near the end of the 16th century, the castle was occupied by the Kavanghs and then passed to the Bagenals, and then finally to the Bruens in the 19th century.
Hello, I'm an urban explorer from Lithuania. For over 10 years, I've been exploring abandoned buildings across Europe. One of my favorite types of places to explore has always been abandoned ...
Menlo (or Menlough) Castle, County Galway, in 2010. Overgrowth has since been removed. The ruined castle ruin is on the bank of the River Corrib. Menlo Castle or Menlough Castle (Irish: Caisleán Mhionlaigh), [1] also called Blake's Castle, is a 16th-century castle situated on the bank of the River Corrib near Menlo village in County Galway, Ireland.
Tower houses are often called castles, and despite their characteristic compact footprint size, they are formidable habitations and there is no clear distinction between a castle and a tower house. In Scotland a classification system has been widely accepted based on ground plan, such as the L-plan castle style, one example being the original ...
McDermott's Castle is a castle and protected national monument located in County Roscommon, Ireland. [2] The site of a fortification since at least the 13th century, the structure's tower house may date from the 16th century, with much of the current building (including its crenellations ) dating to the 19th century.