This List of Castles in Ireland, be they in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. North ...

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Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern ...

, is organised by county within their respective jurisdiction.

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern ...

County Carlow County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a Counties of Ireland, county located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region of Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Carlow is the List of Irish counties by ...

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (''Bréifn ...

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns ar ...

* Aghamarta Castle * Aghamhaoila Castle * Ballea Castle *

Ballinacarriga Castle Ballinacarriga Castle (''Béal na Carraige'' in Irish, meaning ''Mouth of the Rock'') is a 16th-century tower house located in the village of Ballinacarriga, about from the town of Dunmanway and from the village of Ballineen. There is also a ...

Ballincollig Castle Ballincollig Castle is a Norman castle to the south of the town of Ballincollig, County Cork, Ireland built after the Norman invasion of Ireland. In its prime, the castle was inhabited by the Barrett family, who had control of the local area. Th ...

* Ballintotis Castle *

Ballybeg Castle Ballybeg is an anglicisation of the Irish language term, ''Baile Beag'', which means "Little Town". Ballybeg is the name of a number of small townlands and villages in Ireland, including: Villages and townlands * Ballybeg, County Antrim, a townlan ...

Ballyclogh Castle Ballyclogh may refer to: * Ballyclogh, County Cork, a village in Ireland *Townlands in County Antrim, Northern Ireland: **Ballyclogh, County Antrim **Ballyclogh (Centre) **Ballyclogh (North Centre) **Ballyclogh (South Centre) In Ireland Count ...

Ballyhooly Castle Ballyhooly ()Logainm.ie, an Irish placenames databaseBaile Átha hÚllaVerified 2019-11-07. is a small village in north County Cork situated along the N72 between Castletownroche and Fermoy. Ballyhooly is home to two pubs, a church, communit ...

Ballymaloe Castle ''The Yeats Room'' of Ballymaloe House () is a restaurant located in Shanagarry in County Cork, Ireland. It is a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star for each year in the period 1975–1980. The Michelin Guide awarded th ...

* Ballynamona Castle *

Ballyrobert Castle Ballyrobert () is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about 4 km south of Ballyclare and has developed around the junction of the Ballyrobert Road and the Mossley Road/The Longshot. It had a population of 587 peopl ...

* Barryscourt Castle, restored castle *

Belvelly Castle Belvelly Castle is a 14th or 15th-century tower house in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated next to the small village of Belvelly, opposite and overlooking the only road bridge connecting Fota Island to Great Island (on which the town of Cobh ...

* Ballyva Manor, built in the 1850s by Timothy Hurley * Blackrock Castle, restored castle * Blackwater Castle, restored castle *

Blarney Castle Blarney Castle ( ga, Caisleán na Blarnan) is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork, Ireland. Though earlier fortifications were built on the same spot, the current keep was built by the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty, a cadet branch of t ...

, restored castle * Buttevant Castle * Carrigacunna Castle * Carrigadrohid Castle * Carrigleamleary castle *

Carrignamuck Castle Carrignamuck () is a townland within the civil parish of Magourney and catholic parish of Aghabullogue, County Cork, Ireland. It is 363.76 acres in size, situate north-east of Coachford village, and north-west of Dripsey village. One of the earl ...

Carriganass Castle Carriganass Castle (''Caisleán Charraig an Easa'' in Irish, meaning ''The Castle on the Rock of the Waterfall'') is a 16th-century tower house in County Cork. It is situated about 8 kilometres north-east of Bantry, close to the village of K ...

* Carrigaphooca Castle * Carrigboy Castle * Carrignacurra Castle *

Carrigrohane Castle Carrigrohane Castle is located in the village of Carrigrohane, barony of Barretts in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on a rocky cliff-edge which overlooks the River Lee. History The castle's original construction is attributed to the Ma ...

* Castle Barrett * Castle Bernard * Castle Cooke * Castle Donovan (Sowagh), ruins which underwent conservation in 2014 * Castle Downeen * Castle Eyre * Castle Freke, ruins in process of restoration * Castle Harrison (Charleville), destroyed * Castle Hyde *

Castle Kevin A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

* Castle Lishen *

Castle Lyons A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified ...

Castle Magner A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified ...

Castle Mallow A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified ...

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Castle Mary A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

* Castle Park *

Castle Pook Castlepook or Castle Pook is a Norman style castle built in 1380 by the Synan family. The castle stands at coordinates , a few miles north of Doneraile, in the foothills of the Ballyhoura Mountains in County Cork, Ireland. Castlepook is made ...

Castle Richard A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

Castle Ringaskidy A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified ...

* Castle Salem *

Castle Townsend A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified ...

Castle Warren A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but u ...

* Castle Widenham, see Widenham Castle (Castletown Castle) * Castle White *

Castle Wrixon A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

* Castlemahon *

Castlemartyr Castlemartyr (, formerly anglicised as ''Ballymarter'' or ''Ballymartyr'') is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located 25 minutes east of Cork city, 10 km (6 mi) east of Midleton, 16 km (10 mi) west of Youghal and ...

* Castleminsters * Castlesaffron *

Cloghan Castle There are several structures named Cloghan Castle, all in Ireland: * Cloghan Castle in County Cork * Cloghan Castle in County Offaly * Loughrea Castle (also known as Cloghan Castle) in County Galway {{disambiguation ...

* Conna Castle * Coolmaine Castle, restored castle previously owned by Roy Disney * Coppingerstown Castle *

Coppingers Court Coppingers Court is a ruined four-storey fortified house dating from 1616, situated on private property approximately from the sea. It was built by Sir Walter Coppinger and located in Ballyvireen valley, west of Rosscarbery in County Cork, I ...

* Cor Castle * Creagh Castle *

Cregg Castle Cregg is a surname of Irish origin. People with the name include: *C. J. Cregg, a fictional character in TV series ''The West Wing'' *Cathal Cregg, Irish Gaelic footballer * Huey Lewis, American musician (birth name Hugh Anthony Cregg III) * James ...

Crowley Castle Crowley may refer to: Places *Crowley, Mendocino County, California, an unincorporated community *Crowley County, Colorado *Crowley, Colorado, a town in Crowley County *Crowley, Louisiana, a city *Crowley, Oregon (disambiguation) *Crowley, Texas, ...

* Davis' Castle * Desmond Castle, restored castle *

Dripsey Castle Dripsey () is a village in County Cork on the R618 regional road around west of Cork City. It is situated on a tributary of the River Lee, the Dripsey River. It is in the Catholic parish of Inniscarra. The Dripsey area hosts a water treatm ...

Drishane Castle Drishane Castle is a MacCarthy tower house and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland. In modern times the name is also used to refer to the adjacent house which dates from the 18th century. It is located northeast of Millstreet, o ...

, restored castle * Dromagh Castle * Dromaneen Castle * Duarrigle Castle * Dunalong Castle *

Dunasead Castle Dunasead Castle (''Dún na Séad'' in Irish, meaning ''Fort of the Jewels''), sometimes known as Baltimore Castle, is a 17th-century fortified house situated in the town of Baltimore in western County Cork, Ireland. The tower house is built on ...

Dunboy Castle Dunboy Castle () is a ruined 15th century castle on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland near the town of Castletownbere. The castle's tower house and bawn were destroyed in the 1602 Siege of Dunboy, though its ruins remain open to the pu ...

* Dundareirke Castle, castle ruins * Dunlough Castle, or Three Castles Head * Dunmahon Castle * Dunmanus Castle, castle ruins * Enchicrenagh Castle ruin * Eustace's Castle *

Garryvoe Castle Garryvoe () is a civil parish in the historical barony of Imokilly in County Cork, Ireland. The civil parish is centred on a small settlement, also referred to as Garryvoe, which lies on the R632 regional road between Ladysbridge, and Shana ...

, tower house ruins *

Glengarriff Castle Glengarriff () is a village of approximately 140 people on the N71 national secondary road in the Beara Peninsula of County Cork, Ireland. Known internationally as a tourism venue, it has a number of natural attractions. It sits at the nort ...

Gortmore Castle Gortmore () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Gortmore is bounded on the north by Dunglave and Gub (Kinawley) t ...

* Ightermurragh Castle, castle ruins *

Kanturk Castle Kanturk () is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. It is situated at the confluence of the Allua (Allow) and Dallow (Dalua) rivers, which stream further on as tributaries to the River Blackwater. It is about from Cork, Blarney an ...

Abandoned Gatehouse, Castlelohort Demesne - geograph

* Kilbolane Castle * Kilbrittain Castle, restored castle * Kilcaskan Castle * Kilcolman Castle * Kilkoe castle, = Jeremy Irons' castle * Kilcor Castle *

Kilcrea Castle Kilcrea Castle is a ruined 15th-century towerhouse and bawn located near the Kilcrea Friary, west of Cork City, Ireland. The tower house and friary were both built by Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, 9th Lord of Muskerry. Location Killcrea Castle s ...

, castle ruins * Kilnannan Castle * Lohort Castle * Lumbard´s Castle * Macroom Castle, castle ruins *

Mallow Castle Mallow Castle is a National Monument situated off the N72 on Bridewell Lane, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. Description The site is composed of gardens and parkland on which three buildings sit: the remains of a 16th-century fortified house, ...

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Milltown Castle Milltown may refer to: * Mill town, a settlement that developed around one or more mills Places Canada *Milltown, New Brunswick *Milltown, Newfoundland and Labrador *Milltown, Ontario Ireland *Milltown, Ballymore, a townland in Ballymore (civil p ...

Mistletoe Castle Mistletoe is the common name for obligate parasite, obligate parasitic plant, hemiparasitic plants in the Order (biology), order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which the ...

* Mitchelstown Castle, demolished * Mogeely Castle * Monanimy Castle * Monkstown Castle * Mountlong Castle * Rathberry Castle ruin * Ringrone Castle *

Rostellan Castle Rostellan () is a civil parish, townland and village in the historical Barony of Imokilly, County Cork, Ireland. An electoral division of the same name forms part of the Cork East Dáil constituency. For census purposes, the village of Rostell ...

* Siddon's Tower * Tynte's Castle * Wallstown Castle * Widenham Castle, restored castle

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconn ...

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Ballyshannon Castle Ballyshannon Castle was a castle at Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland. The castle was a stronghold of the O’Donnell's. No visual remains of the castle exist above ground. History Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill built Ballyshannon Castle in 1423 t ...

*Burt Castle * Carrickabraghy Castle * Doe Castle/Caisleán na dTuath, Restored Castle *

Donegal Castle Donegal Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhún na nGall) is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. For most of the last two centuries, the majority of the buildings lay in ruins but the castle was almost ful ...

, Restored Castle. * Drumboe Castle * Glenveagh Castle, Complete Castle *

Monellan Castle Monellan Castle was a large castellated mansion on the southern outskirts of The Cross, a hamlet just outside Killygordon in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It was constructed in the eighteenth century for t ...

* Mongavlin Castle * Greencastle, castle ruins *

O'Doherty Castle O'Doherty is a surname, part of the O'Doherty family. Notable persons with that surname include: *Brian O'Doherty (born 1928), Irish art critic, writer, artist, and academic *Sir Cahir O'Doherty (1587–1608), last Gaelic Lord of Inishowen in Irel ...

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Rahan Castle Rahan Castle, also known as McSwyne's Castle and Castle Murray, is a ruined castle near Dunkineely, County Donegal, Ireland. The castle was once a stronghold of Clan Suibhne. History The McSwynes probably came to Ireland in the 13th cent ...

, castle ruins * Raphoe Castle, castle ruins

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: * Ardgillan Castle, Ardgillan Demesne, Balrothery *Artaine Castle, Artaine * Ashtown Castle, Phoenix Park. *Athgoe Castle, Newcastle, intact, *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, *

Castleknock Castle Castleknock Castle is a ruined Norman castle located on the grounds of present-day all boys independent school Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland. Description "The position of the castle is commanding, and its two deep ditches ...

*Cheeverstown *Clonskeagh Castle, Roebuck. 19th century, on site of earlier castle. *

Clontarf Castle Clontarf Castle ( ga, Caisleán Chluain Tarbh) is a much-modernised castle, dating to 1837, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, an area famous as a key location of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. There has been a castle on the site since 1172. In m ...

, Clontarf. Restored Castle, Hotel. *Conn Castle, intact *

Corr Castle Corr Castle ( ga, Caisleán an Chorraigh – Castle of the round hill) is an L-plan tower house likely constructed sometime in the fifteenth century in Sutton, Dublin. The castle lies within the boundaries of Howth Demesne in the old townlan ...

* Corrig Castle Dun Laoghaire, demolished. *Dalkey, 2 remaining of original 7 castles *Donabate, intact *

Drimnagh Castle Drimnagh Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhroimeanaigh) is a Norman castle located in Drimnagh, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is the only remaining castle in Ireland with a flooded moat around it; this moat is fed by a small local river, the Camac. ...

, Drimnagh. Restored Castle. * Drumcondra Castle, Richmond. Conference centre *

Dublin Castle Dublin Castle ( ga, Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a former Motte-and-bailey castle and current Irish government complex and conference centre. It was chosen for its position at the highest point of central Dublin. Until 1922 it was the ...

, Dublin City. Restored Castle *

Dundrum Castle Dundrum Castle, a ruin standing over the town of Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland, must not to be confused with Dundrum Castle in Dundrum, County Dublin. It was constructed by John de Courcy, sometime near the beginning of the 13th centur ...

, Dundrum. Ruins * Dunsoghly Castle, Restored Castle *

Howth Castle Howth Castle ( ) and estate lie just outside the village of Howth, County Dublin in Ireland, in the administration of Fingal County Council. The castle was the ancestral home of the line of the St Lawrence family (see: Earl of Howth) that had h ...

, Howth. *Grange, intact? *Irishtown Castle, ruin * Kilgobbin Castle, ruin, *Killiney Castle, Scalpwilliam or Mount Mapas. *Killininny Castle, Firhouse *Kilsallaghan Castle *Knocklyne (''Knocklyon'') Castle, Knocklyon. Intact, private residence. *Lambay Castle, Lambay Island *Lanestown, intact * Lehaunstown or Laughanstown Castle, concealed within a later manor house. *

Luttrellstown Castle Luttrellstown Castle Luttrellstown Castle, dating from the early 15th century (c. 1420), is located in Clonsilla on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland. It has been owned variously by the eponymous and notorious Luttrell family, by the bookseller ...

, Restored Castle *Merrion Castle *

Malahide Castle Malahide Castle ( ga, Caisleán Mhullach Íde), parts of which date to the 12th century, lies close to the village of Malahide, nine miles (14 km) north of central Dublin in Ireland. It has over of remaining parkland estate, forming the ...

, 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 castle (''Stella's Tower''), intact * Puck's Castle, Shankill. Ruin Puck's Castle, Co

Rathfarnham Castle Rathfarnham Castle ( ga, Caisleán Rath Fearnáin) is a 16th-century fortified house in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, Ireland. The earlier Irish castle was occupied by the Harold family, who held it as tenants of the le Bret family. It was repla ...

, Rathfarnham Demesne. Restored Castle *Rathmines Castle, Rathmines West. *Robswall, intact *Roebuck Castle, Roebuck. Hall of residence UCD campus *Sarsfield Castle, intact *Seatown * Shangannagh Castle, ruins, not to be confused with the late 18th-century house of the same name * Shankill Castle, Shankill
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*Stillorgan Castle, Stillorgan. 18th-century house on site of earlier castle, now incorporated into the modern St

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Swords Castle Swords Castle is an early medieval castle located in Swords, Dublin. Originally built for the Archbishops of Dublin in the early 13th century near the Ward River, some of the castle estate had fallen into disrepair by the 14th and 15th centuries ...

, castle ruins, undergoing restoration * Tallaght Castle, Tower House, incorporated into the buildings of St. Mary's Priory in Tallaght village *Templeogue Hous
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Clondalkin Clondalkin ( ; ) is a suburban town situated 10 km south-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland, under the administrative jurisdiction of South Dublin. It features an 8th-century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area. Clondalk ...

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*Tymon Castle, Tymon North. Demolished in the 1970s * Williamstown Castle, Williamstow
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: * Abbeyglen Castle, restored castl
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* Ardamullivan Castle, restored castle *

Athenry Castle Athenry Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in Athenry, Ireland. Location Athenry Castle is located off Court Lane in the east part of Athenry, on the west bank of the River Clarin. It is sited on a natural rise and defended ...

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Aughnanure Castle Aughnanure Castle (''Caisleán Achadh na nlubhar'' in Irish) is a tower house in Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland. It is situated in the west of Ireland. It was built by the O' Flaherty's in the 16th century. History The castle was built by ...

, intact castle * Ballindooley Castle, restored castle * Ballinfad Castle, intact castle * Ballymore Castle, restored castle *

Ballynahinch Castle Ballynahinch Castle is a former Irish country house and estate, built on the site of a former castle, which is now a luxury hotel set in a private estate in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. The castle lies on the edge of Ballyna ...

, intact castle * Caheradangan Castle, intact castle * Caherkinmonwee Castle, intact castle * Cargin Castle, restored castle * Castle Ellen, restored castl

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Castle Kirk A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified ...

, castle ruins * Castletown Castle, castle ruins *

Clifden Castle Clifden Castle is a ruined manor house west of the town of Clifden in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. It was built for John D'Arcy, the local landowner, in the Gothic Revival style. It fell into disrepair after becoming uninha ...

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, restored castl

* Cloonacauneen Castle, restored castle * Corofin Castle, castle ruins *

, restored castle * Derryhivenny Castle, castle ruins *

Dunguaire Castle Dunguaire Castle ( ga, Dún Guaire) is a 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland, near Kinvara (also spelled Kinvarra). The name derives from the Dun (fort) of King Guaire, the legendary king ...

, restored castle * Dunsandle Castle, restored castle * Eyrecourt Castle, castle ruins * Feartagar Castle, castle ruins * Fiddaun Castle, castle ruins *

Garbally Castle Garbally castle is a late medieval tower house located in the parish of Skehana, County Galway. Location Garbally Castle is the dominant feature of the townland of Garbally in the parish of Skehana and sits at the junction of the R338 and the a ...

, castle ruins * Glinsk Castle, castle ruins * Hackett Castle, castle ruins *

Isert Kelly Castle Isert Kelly Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Location Isert Kelly Castle is southwest of Kilchreest. History The tower house was built some time in the 15th century. It belonged to the Mac ...

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Kilcolgan Castle Kilcolgan (), is a village on the mouth of the Kilcolgan River at Dunkellin Bay in County Galway, Ireland. The settlement is at the junction of the N67 and R458 roads, which lies between Gort and Clarinbridge. The village is near the site of ...

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Kylemore Abbey Kylemore Abbey ( ga, Mainistir na Coille Móire) is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The abbey was founded for Benedictine Nuns who fled Belgium in World War I and ...

, Benedictine monastery * Lynch's Castle, restored castle *

Menlow Castle Centrino is a brand name of Intel Corporation which represents its Wi-Fi and WiMAX wireless computer networking adapters. Previously the same brand name was used by the company as a platform-marketing initiative. The change of the meaning of the ...

(also Menlo or Menlough), castle ruins *

Monivea Castle Monivea Castle ( ga, Caisleán Mhuine Mheá) is a former O'Kelly tower house, located near Monivea in County Galway, Ireland. It was acquired by the ffrench family, one of the fourteen Tribes of Galway, who developed it further, enhancing the ...

, castle ruins * Moyode Castle, castle ruins * Oranmore Castle, restored castle *

Portumna Castle Portumna Castle is a semi-fortified house in Portumna, County Galway, Ireland which was built in the early 17th century by Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde. Location Portumna Castle is located close to the shore of Lough Derg near whe ...

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Thoor Ballylee Thoor Ballylee Castle ( Irish ''Túr Bhaile Uí Laí'') is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It is also known as ''Yeats' Tower'' because ...

, W.B. Yeats' former holiday home, restored as a museum. Closed after flooding.

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the cou ...

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Ardea Castle Ardea may refer to: *Ardea, Lazio, a town in Lazio, Italy * ''Ardea'' (bird), a genus of large herons and some egrets * ''Ardea'' (journal), an ornithological journal published by the Netherlands Ornithologists' Union *The Ardea, a condominium high- ...

* Ballybunnion Castle

* Ballingarry Castle * Ballinskelligs Castle *

Ballybunion Castle Ballybunion or Ballybunnion () is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Kerry, Ireland, on the Wild Atlantic Way, from the town of Listowel. Tourism Ballybunion has two main beaches, divided by the Castle Green. The Ladies Beach is t ...

* Ballycarbery Castle * Ballycarty Castle * Ballyheigue Castle * Ballymalis Castle * Ballyseedy Castle, Hotel * Cappanacuss Castle *

Carrigafoyle Castle Carrigafoyle may refer to: * Carrigafoyle, Wellington * Siege of Carrigafoyle Castle The siege of Carrigafoyle Castle took place on Easter in 1580 near modern-day Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland, on the southern bank of the Shannon estu ...

* Carrignass Castle *

Castle Sybil A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

* Castle of the Island * Derryquin Castle *

Dromore Castle Dromore Castle may refer to: * Dromore Castle (County Clare), near Ruan * Dromore Castle (County Kerry), near Templenoe * Dromore Castle (County Limerick), a ruined castle in Ireland near Pallaskenry Pallaskenry () is a village in County Limer ...

Dunbeg Fort Dunbeg Fort ( ga, An Dún Beag) is a promontory fort built in the Iron Age near the modern village of Ventry in County Kerry, Ireland. Location Dunbeg Fort is located on a rocky promontory just south of Slea Head Slea Head (Irish: ''Ce ...

* Dunkerron Castle * Dunloe Castle * Gallarus Castle * Listowel Castle * Minard Castle *

Parkavonear Castle Parkavonear Castle is a 13th-century Anglo-Norman ruin in Aghadoe in Ireland, overlooking the lakes of Killarney. It was built following the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169. It is two stories high, and, unusually, is built to a cylind ...

Ross Castle Ross Castle ( ga, Caisleán an Rois) is a 15th-century tower house and keep on the edge of Lough Leane, in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland. It is the ancestral home of the Chiefs of the Clan O'Donoghue, later associated w ...

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Staigue Fort Staigue or Staig ( or ''Caiseal Stéig'') is a ruined stone ringfort three miles west of Sneem, on the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The fort is thought to have been built during the late Iron Age, probably somewhere between 300 and ...

County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the ...

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Barretstown Castle Barretstown Castle is a castle in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, Ireland. It stands on the site of a late 12th century Anglo-Norman castle. It now hosts the Barretstown camp for sick children. History Early history The first historical ...

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Kildare Castle Kildare Castle is a ruined castle located at Kildare in County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the ...

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Kilteel Castle Kilteel () is the name of a village, townland and civil parish located in the barony of South Salt, County Kildare, Ireland. The townland of Kilteel Upper contains the remains of a church with a decorated Romanesque chancel arch, the ruins of ...

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Maynooth Castle Maynooth Castle is a ruined 12th century castle in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. Constructed in the early 13th century, it became the primary residence of the Kildare F ...

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Reeves Castle Reeves Castle is a 14th-century tower house (castle) located in County Kildare, Ireland. On the Record of Monuments and Places it bears the codes ''KD015-001'' (enclosure) and ''KD015-002'' (tower house). Location Reeves Castle is about north ...

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Rheban Castle Rheban Castle is a castle located in County Kildare, Ireland. Location Rheban Castle is located northwest of Athy, on the west bank of the River Barrow. Hendy Wildlife Reserve lies to the north, and Kilberry to the east, across the Barrow. ...

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County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the ...

* Annaghs Castle, castle ruins * Ballinlaw Castle, castle ruins * Ballybur Castle, restored castle *

Ballyragget Castle Ballyragget () is a small town on the river Nore in the north of County Kilkenny in Ireland. Ballyragget is on the N77 north of Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 1,082 people. Toponymy The name 'Ragget' is Anglo-No ...

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Burnchurch Castle Burnchurch Castle, a National Monument,Co ...

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Coolhill Castle Coolhill Castle is a keep (donjon) and National Monument located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Location Coolhill Castle is located northeast of The Rower, on a cliff overlooking the Barrow. History Coolhill Castle was built c. the 13th cent ...

, castle ruins * Corluddy Castle, castle ruins * Currahill Castle, castle ruins * Dunkitt Castle, castle ruins * Foulksrath Castle, intact castle * Gorteens Castle, castle ruins *

Gowran Castle Gowran Castle is located in the centre of Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The castle is a manor house and was fully restored between 2013 and 2014. Early years The first Gowran Castle was built in 1385 by James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, c ...

, castle ruins * Granagh Castle, castle ruins * Kilbline Castle, intact castle *

Kilkenny Castle Kilkenny Castle ( ga, Caisleán Chill Chainnigh, IPA: �kaʃlʲaːnˠˈçiːl̪ʲˈxan̪ʲiː is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland built in 1195 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. It was a symbol o ...

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Ballinakill Castle Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill. History From 1613 until ...

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Ballyadams Castle Ballyadams () is a barony in County Laois (formerly called ''Queen's County'' or ''County Leix''), Republic of Ireland. Etymology Ballyadams barony is named after Ballyadams Castle, a 15th-century fortified house near Ballylynan. Geography ...

, castle ruins * Ballyknocken Castle, very ruinous tower house *

Castle Durrow Castle Durrow is an 18th-century country house in Durrow, County Laois, Ireland. The house was built in the pre-Palladian design and formal gardens that were popular in the 18th century. History The house was built between 1712-1716 by Colonel ...

, 19th Century house on the site of a former castle * Castlecuffe, ruins of 17th Century fortified house * Castle Fleming, Ruins of fortified house *

Coolbanagher Castle Coolbanagher is a civil parish and townland in County Laois, Ireland. The Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous p ...

, Hall House which collapsed in 2014 * Clonreher Castle, intact tower house outside Portlaoise * Cullahill Castle, castle ruins * Dysart Castle, remains consist of a turret of the bawn. * Fermoyle Fortified House, ruins of fortified house * Gortnaclea Castle, castle ruins * Grantstown Castle, ruins of circular tower house * Killeany Castle, ruins of tower house along the River Note *

Lea Castle Lea Castle is a ruined medieval castle near Portarlington, County Laois. A timber castle was built in the late 12th or early 13th century and replaced by a later stone castle. The remains of the castle mostly date to the 13th century and consist ...

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Rock of Dunamase Dunamase or the Rock of Dunamase ( ga, Dún Másc "fort of Másc") is a rocky outcrop in County Laois, Ireland. Rising above a plain, it has the ruins of Dunamase Castle, a defensive stronghold dating from the early Hiberno-Norman period with ...

, castle ruins * Rushall Fortified House, ruins of a 17th Century fortified house * Shaen Castle, fragment of tower house * Strahane Castle, ruins of tower house * Shrule Castle, castle ruins * Tinnakill Castle, tower house * Clonburren Castle, tower house

County Leitrim County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority f ...

: * Lough Rynn Castle, restored castle * Manorhamilton Castle, restored castle *

Parke's Castle Parke's Castle (also known as Newtown Castle and O'Rourke's CastleTom Condit, Gabriel Cooney, Claire Foley and Colm Donnelly, ''Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 62: Parke's Castle, Co. Leitrim'', p. 1–2. ''Archaeology Ireland'', Dublin, ...

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County Limerick "Remember Limerick" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Limerick.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces of Ireland, Province , subd ...

Adare Manor Adare Manor is a manor house located on the banks of the River Maigue in the village of Adare, County Limerick, Ireland, the former seat of the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl. The present house was built in the early 19th century, though ret ...

* Askeaton Castle * Ballygrennan Castle * Black Castle * BeaghCastle ruin *

Bourchier's Castle Lough Gur () is a lake in County Limerick, Ireland between the towns of Herbertstown and Bruff. The lake forms a horseshoe shape at the base of Knockadoon Hill and some rugged elevated countryside. It is one of Ireland's most important archaeo ...

* Carrigogunnell Castle *

Castle Matrix A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified ...

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Croom Castle Croom or Crom Castle, also called the Castle of Crom, is a historic castle in the town of Croom, County Limerick, that is notable for its occupation as one of the principal residences of the Kildare branch of the FitzGerald dynasty. Their anci ...

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ruin * Glin Castle (Old) * Glin Castle, Hotel * King John's Castle, Limerick City * Lisnacullia Castle * Oola Castle *

Rockstown Castle Rockstown Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile na Carraige) is a ruined Irish tower house from medieval times in County Limerick, Ireland. It is located near the village of Ballyneety, from the city of Limerick. Description The tower, with a sq ...

Springfield Castle Springfield Castle, Broadford, is situated in the west part of County Limerick, Ireland, close to the town of Newcastlewest. The castle is a group of buildings around a courtyard, comprising two stone keeps, or towers; one 15th-century, one ...

, available for rent * Williamstown Castle

County Longford County Longford ( gle, Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was ...

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Moydow Castle Moydow () is a village on the outskirts of Longford Town in County Longford, Ireland. Moydow contains an old disused post office, a disused schoolhouse used as a community centre, two pubs, a Roman Catholic church and a disused Church of Ire ...

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County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...

: * Ardee Castle, restored castle *

Barmeath Castle Barmeath Castle is a country house near Dunleer in the centre of County Louth. Of note are the castle's 10 acres of gardens designed by the 18th-century landscape architect Thomas Wright. Barmeath Castle was erected in the 15th century and the B ...

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Darver Castle Darver Castle is a fortified tower and manor house located in Readypenny, Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland, dating back to the 12th century. The name "Darver" is derived from the Gaelic word "Dairbhe" meaning "Oakwood." History Followin ...

, restored castle * Hatch's Castle, intact castle * King John's Castle, restored castle * Knockabbey Castle, restored castle * The Mint, restored castle * Smarmore Castle, intact castle *

Taaffe Castle Taaffe can refer to: * Viscount Taaffe (title and family) * Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford (died 1677), Irish-born courtier and soldier in England * Francis Taaffe, 3rd Earl of Carlingford (died 1704), Irish-born courtier and soldier in L ...

, castle ruins * Termonfeckin Castle, survivor of two tower houses, other demolished ca. 1800.

County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a county in Ireland. In the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Coun ...

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Aghalard Castle Aghalard Castle ( ga, Caisleán Achadh Leathard) is a ruined tower castle south of Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. History Built in c.1490 by the descendants of the McDonnells of Knocknacloy who had become gallowglass to the Burkes of Ma ...

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Ashford Castle Ashford Castle is a medieval and Victorian castle that has been expanded over the centuries and turned into a five star luxury hotel near Cong on the Mayo-Galway border, on the Galway side of Lough Corrib in Ireland. It is a member of the Le ...

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Belleek Castle Belleek may refer to: * Belleek, County Fermanagh Belleek (Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 182. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a village and civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. While the greater part of t ...

, restored castle * Crossmolina Castle, castle ruins * Deel Castle, castle ruins * Doon Castle, castle ruins * Kildavnet Castle, intact castle *

Kinlough Castle Kinlough Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a county in Ireland. In the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, it is name ...

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Rappa Castle Rappa Castle is a ruined castle located in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland. History Rappa Castle was held by the Bourke family and was granted to a Cromwellian soldier named Crofton. In the 17th century William Knox of Castlerea (born 1630) mar ...

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Rockfleet Castle Rockfleet Castle, or Carrickahowley Castle ( Irish: ''Carraig an Chabhlaigh''), is a tower house near Newport in County Mayo, Ireland. It was built in the mid-fifteenth century, and is most famously associated with Grace O'Malley Grace O'M ...

, restored castle * Shrule Castle, castle ruins * Turin Castle, restored castle * Dookinella Castle

County Meath County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the ...

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Dunsany Castle Dunsany Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhún Samhnaí), Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland is a modernised Anglo- Norman castle, started c. 1180 / 1181 by Hugh de Lacy, who also commissioned the original Killeen Castle, nearby, and the famous Trim Ca ...

, restored castle *Lynches Castle (Summerhill), castle ruins * Durhamstown Castle, intact castle * Killeen Castle, restored castle * Skryne Castle, restored castle *

Slane Castle Slane Castle (Irish ''Cáisleán Bhaile Shláine'') is located in the village of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Ireland. The castle has been the family seat of the Conyngham family since it was built in the late 18th century, on ...

, restored castle * Tara, castle ruins *Dangan Castle (Summerhill), castle ruins *

Trim Castle Trim Castle ( ga, Caisleán Bhaile Átha Troim) is a castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, with an area of 30,000 m2. Over a period of 30 years, it was built by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter as th ...

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County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County C ...

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Castle Leslie Castle Leslie, also known as Glaslough House is home to an Irish branch of Clan Leslie, is located on the 4 km² (1,000-acre) Castle Leslie Estate adjacent to the village of Glaslough, northeast of Monaghan town in County Monaghan, Ir ...

Rossmore Castle Rossmore Castle, also known as Rossmore Park, was a castle on the outskirts of Monaghan in County Monaghan, Ireland. It was built in the Gothic style in 1827 and was the seat of the Barons Rossmore, but fell into disrepair in the 1940s when t ...

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County Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hon ...

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Birr Castle Birr Castle ( Irish: ''Caisleán Bhiorra'') is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of the 7th Earl of Rosse and his family, and as such the residential areas of the castle are not open to the publi ...

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Blundell Castle There are numerous Bermingham monuments in Ireland particularly in counties Kildare, Offaly, Galway, and Dublin. Most are now in a poor state. Athenry Castle in Galway has been restored, using building techniques similar to those employed ...

, castle ruins * Charleville Castle, restored castle *

Clara Castle (County Offaly) Clara Castle is a tower house (''caiseal'') located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Location Clara Castle is located about east of Kilkenny City, near one of the headwaters of the Nore. History Clara Castle was built in the late 15th/early ...

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Clonmacnoise Castle Clonmacnoise ( Irish: ''Cluain Mhic Nóis'') is a ruined monastery situated in County Offaly in Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone, founded in 544 by Saint Ciarán, a young man from Rathcroghan, County Roscommon. Until the 9th cen ...

, castle ruins * Clonony Castle, castle ruins * Doon Castle, castle ruins * Grange Castle, intact castle * Kinnitty Castle, restored castle * Leap Castle, under restoration * Sragh Castle, castle ruins

County Roscommon "Steadfast Irish heart" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Roscommon.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Connacht , subdi ...

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Ballintober Castle Ballintober could refer to two Irish towns: * Ballintober, County Roscommon Ballintober () is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is 6 kilometers from the town of Castlerea Castlerea (; ) is the third largest town in County Roscomm ...

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Castlecoote Castlecoote(otherwise known in ) is a townland within the civil parish of Fuerty on the R366 regional road near the town of Roscommon in County Roscommon, Ireland. Castlecoote is known for Castlecoote house and the ruins of a much older castle. ...

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Donamon Castle Donamon, or more correctly, Dunamon Castle ( ga, Dún Iomáin) is one of the oldest inhabited buildings in Ireland and stands on raised ground overlooking the River Suck in County Roscommon. There was a fort here from early times (hence the name ...

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Kilronan Castle Kilronan Castle, previously known as Castle Tenison, is a large country house standing in of parkland on the shore of Lough Meelagh in County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland, from the village of Ballyfarnon. The house, originally constructed ...

, restored castle * MacDermott's Castle, Castle Island on

Lough Key Lough Key ( gle, Loch Cé) is a lake in Ireland. It is in the northwest of County Roscommon, northeast of the town of Boyle. The lough is believed to be named after a mythical figure named Cé. Name The name ''Lough Key'' comes from the Irish ...

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Roscommon Castle Roscommon (; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60, N61 and N63 roads. The name Roscommon is derived from Coman mac Faelchon who buil ...

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Rindoon Castle Rindoon () is an abandoned village located in County Roscommon "Steadfast Irish heart" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Roscommon.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivisi ...

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County Sligo County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the loc ...

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Ballinafad Castle Ballinafad Castle, also known as the Castle of the Curlews, is located in the south of County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland. It can be found on the east side of the N4 road (Ireland), N4, overlooking Lough Arrow at the village of Ballinafad. ...

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Ballymote Castle , location= County Sligo, Connacht , nearest_town=Ballymote , country=Ireland , image=Co. Sligo, Ballymote Castle 2, 1792.jpg , alt=The castle in the 1790s , caption=The castle in the 1790s , pushpin_map=Ireland , pushpin_map_alt=Locatio ...

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Markree Castle Markree Castle is a castle located in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the ancestral seat of the Cooper family, partially moated by the River Unshin. Today it is a small family-run hotel. In the 1830s the Observatory on the grounds of th ...

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County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named afte ...

: * Annameadle Castle, castle ruins *

Ardfinnan Castle Ardfinnan Castle, is the sister castle of Lismore Castle and was built circa 1185 to guard the river crossing at Ardfinnan (''Ard Fhíonáin'' in Irish) in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated on the River Suir, seven miles west of Clonmel. ...

, intact castle * Ballyfinboy Castle, castle ruins with Sheela na gig, near

Borrisokane Borrisokane () is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated at the junction of the N52 and N65 national secondary roads. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 942. The Ballyfinboy River flows through the town on its way to Loug ...

* Ballyquirk Castle, castle ruins * Ballynahow Castle, intact castle * Ballysheedy Castle

castle ruins * Black Castle, Templemore, castle ruins * Black Castle, Thurles, castle ruins *

Cahir Castle Cahir Castle ( ga, Caisleán na Cathrach), one of the largest castles in Ireland, is sited on an island in the river Suir. It was built from 1142 by Conchobar Ua Briain, King of Thomond. Now situated in Cahir town centre, County Tipperary, the ...

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* Carrigeen Castle, restored castle * Clonakenny Castle, castle ruins * Castle Fogarty, restored castle * Cranagh Castle, intact castle *

Farney Castle Farney may refer to: *Farney, Monaghan - a barony based on a mediaeval Gaelic kingdom, in County Monaghan, Ireland *Dick Farney (1921–1987), Brazilian (jazz) pianist *Marsha Farney (born 1958), American businesswoman and former educator from Geor ...

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Kilcash Castle Kilcash Castle is a ruined castle off the N24 road just west of Ballydine in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is in the care of the Irish State. The Butler dynasty has important links to the area. History The main castle building is a fortifi ...

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Lorrha Lorrha (from ) is a small village at the northern tip of County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located on a minor road between the R489 Birr to Portumna road and the N65 Nenagh to Portumna road about five kilometres east of the point where the Rive ...

where the Lorrha Missal was discovered in the 18th century. * Lisheen Castle, restored castle *

Loughmoe Castle Loughmoe Castle ( ga, Caisláin Luach Magh, also spelt Loughmore Castle) is a ruined castle at Loughmore Village, near Templemore in County Tipperary, Ireland. The castle was the ancestral home of the Purcell family, the Barons of Loughmoe. Loc ...

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Moorstown Castle Moorstown Castle is a late 15th-century stone structure consisting of an enclosed circular keep near Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. Location The tower house complex is located on a small road off the modern road from Clonmel to Cahir; wh ...

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* Nenagh#Major buildings, Nenagh Castle, intact castle *

Ormonde Castle Ormond Castle () is a castle on the River Suir on the east side of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. The oldest part of the existing castle is a mid-15th century walled bawn, cornered on the northeast and northwest by towers. Histor ...

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Redwood Castle Redwood Castle (also known as ''Egan Castle'' or ''Caislean Choillte Rua'' in Irish) is a Norman castle near Lorrha in County Tipperary, Ireland. The castle was built by the Normans around 1200 AD, and was occupied by them until , when the Mac A ...

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Rock of Cashel The Rock of Cashel ( ga, Carraig Phádraig ), also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick's Rock, is a historic site located at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland. History According to local legends, the Rock of Cashel originated in the ...

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Roscrea Castle Roscrea Castle is a 13th-century motte castle in the town of Roscrea, Ireland. The Castle consists of a walled courtyard, gate block, and angled towers. Along with 18th century Damer House and gardens, the Castle forms part of Roscrea Heritage C ...

, intact castle * Shanbally Castle, demolished * Slevoyre House, restored castle

County Waterford County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Waterford. Waterford City and County Council is the local authority for ...

: * Ballycanvan Castle, castle ruins * Ballyclohy Castle, castle ruins * Ballyheeny Castle, castle ruins * Ballymaclode Castle, castle ruins * Barnakile Castle, castle ruins * Carrowncashlane Castle, castle ruins * Clonea Castle, castle ruins * Coolnamuck Castle, castle ruins * Crooke Castle, castle ruins *

Cullen Castle Cullen Castle was a royal castle about west of Cullen, Moray, Scotland, west of the burn of Deskford, and south of Seatown. The remains have been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, accessible to the public. This is not to be confused ...

, castle ruins * Derrinlaur Castle, castle ruins * Dungarvan Castle, restored castle *

Dunhill Castle Dunhill may refer to: People * Alfred Dunhill (1872–1959), founder of the luxury goods company Alfred Dunhill Ltd. * Alison Dunhill (born 1950), English artist and art historian * Thomas Dunhill (1877–1946), English composer and writer Places ...

, castle ruins * Dunmore East Castle, castle ruins * Faithlegg Castle * Feddans Castle, castle ruins * Fox's Castle, castle ruins *

Glen Castle A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower ...

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Kilmeaden Castle Kilmeadan or Kilmeaden () is a village in County Waterford, Ireland. It is on the R680 regional road. The town is from Dungarvan and from Waterford. Kilmeadan Castle was a stronghold of the le Poer family in the fourteenth century. In the l ...

, castle ruins * Kincor Castle, castle ruins * Lismore Castle, restored castle * Loughdeheen Castle, castle ruins * MacGrath's Castle, castle ruins * Mountain Castle, castle ruins * Rathgormuck Castle, castle ruins *

Reginald's Tower Reginald's Tower ( ga, Túr Raghnaill) is a historic tower in Waterford, Munster, Ireland. It is located at the eastern end of the city quay. The tower has been in usage for different purposes for many centuries and is an important landmark in ...

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* Rockett's Castle, castle ruins * Sleady Castle, castle ruins * Strancally Castle, castle ruins *

Waterford Castle Waterford Castle is a historic house on Little Island in Waterford, Ireland. The house was owned by a branch of the Fitzgerald family for hundreds of years, but was developed into a hotel in the 1980s. Earlier castle The original Fitzgeral ...

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County Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = , subdivis ...

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Adamstown Castle Adamstown may refer to: Locations Australia * Adamstown, New South Wales, a suburb in New South Wales Ireland * Adamstown, Castletownkindalen, a townland in Castletownkindalen civil parish, barony of Moycashel, County Westmeath * Adamstown, Co ...

- tower house * Baldwinstown Castle - castle ruins * Ballyteigue Castle - tower house *

Ballyhack Castle Ballyhack may refer to: * Ballyhack, County Wexford, Ireland, a village * Ballyhack, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada * Informal local name for the Belfast suburb of Ballyhackamore Ballyhackamore () is a townland in County Down, Northern Irela ...

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* Ballyhealy Castle, restored Norman castle * Bargy Castle, restored castle. * Barntown Castle, tower house and castle ruins * Clougheast Castle, restored castle * Dungulph Castle, intact castle *

Enniscorthy Castle Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Ireland. At the 2016 census, the population of the town and environs was 11,381. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the Blackstairs Mountain ...

, restored castle * Ferns Castle, restored castle
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* Ferrycarrig Castle, castle ruins *

Johnstown Castle Johnstown Castle is a Gothic Revival castle located in County Wexford, Ireland. Location Johnstown Castle is located on the Johnstown Castle Estate, a estate, located off the road between Murntown and Rathaspeck, southwest of Wexford tow ...

, intact castle *

Mountgarret Castle Mountgarret (or Mountgarrett, Mount Garrett; ga, Mota-Gairead) is a townland in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. It is known for the ruins of a medieval tower house that was built by the Bishop of Ferns in 1408. Location Mountgarrett is in ...

(

New Ross New Ross (, formerly ) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. It is located on the River Barrow, near the border with County Kilkenny, and is around northeast of Waterford. In 2016 it had a population of 8,040 people, making it t ...

), castle ruins * Rathlannon Castle, castle ruins * Rathmacknee Castle, castle ruins * Sigginstown Castle, castle ruins *

Slade Castle Slade Castle is a tower house and National Monument in County Wexford, Ireland. It is located in the village of Slade on the Hook Peninsula and primarily dates to the late 15th or early 16th century. Location Slade Castle is located in the vil ...

, castle ruins * Tellarought Castle (

), castle ruins

County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered ...

: * Carnew Castle, Carnew. Tower house ruins, built in the late 16th century. * Castle Howard Wicklow, intact castle with the addition of a 19th-century Mansion. * Dunganstown Castle, Dunganstown. Remains of a large late-17th century U-plan house and early 17th century tower. * Glenart Castle,

Arklow Arklow (; ; , ) is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century. Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 r ...

. Intact castle in use as a hotel. * Fassaroe Castle, Bray. Built in 1536 by 'Master Tresover'. In ruins. *

Kiltegan Castle Kiltegan () is a village in west County Wicklow, Ireland, on the R747 regional road close to the border with County Carlow. The 19th century mansion Humewood House lies just outside the village. It was built in 1870 for William Hume-Dick, fa ...

, Kiltegan, intact castle * Kiltimon Castle, Newcastle. C.1550, now in use as a folly. *

Kindlestown Castle Kindlestown Castle is a castle and a National Monument (Ireland), National Monument in Delgany, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Location Kindlestown Castle is located astride the slopes of Kindlestown Hill, to the north of Delgany, west of Gr ...

, Delgany. Castle ruins * Oldcourt Castle, Bray. Built by the Earl of Ormond in 1433. In ruins. *Ormonde Castle, Arklow. Castle ruins, built in 1169 on an old Viking site and destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's army in the 17th century. * Rathdown Castle. Ruined by the 17th century, very little remains. *

Threecastles Castle Threecastles Castle is a three-storey tower house situated near Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is protected as a national monument. Description Threecastles Castle is a rectangular three-storey tower house, with a stair turret pro ...

, Manor Kilbride,

Blessington Blessington, historically known as Ballycomeen (, from the Irish surname ''Ó Coimín''), is a town on the River Liffey in County Wicklow, Ireland, near the border with County Kildare. It is around 25 km south-west of Dublin, and is situ ...

. Largely intact late 14th/15th-century castle marking the boundary of the Pale. *

The Black Castle ''The Black Castle'' is a 1952 American horror film directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Rita Corday and Lon Chaney Jr. It was produced by William Alland. The film was made in the United St ...

, Wicklow Town (now ruins). In 834 AD the

Vikings Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

fortified a strategic rocky promontory at the mouth of the

Vartry River The River Vartry (; ) is a river in County Wicklow, Ireland, and an important water source for the city of Dublin.

in Wicklow Town. Following the Norman invasion a castle was subsequently built, now known as the Black Castle. Between 1295 and 1315 the castle was attacked and burnt down twice by the local O'Byrne Clan.

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. North ...

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...

County Armagh County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has ...

County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to th ...

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...

County Londonderry County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulste ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retain ...

}). During the

Rebellion of 1641 The Irish Rebellion of 1641 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1641) was an uprising by Irish Catholics in the Kingdom of Ireland, who wanted an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and to partially or fully reverse the plantatio ...

, the castle was taken by Turlough O'Neill and used as his personal fortress until his total defeat two years later. In

1648 1648 has been suggested as possibly the last year in which the overall human population declined, coming towards the end of a broader period of global instability which included the collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Thirty Years' War, t ...

, the castle was dismantled on the orders of

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and was left in ruin. The castle is today a State Care Historic Monument and freely accessible to the public. , - ,

Roughan Castle Roughan may refer to: *Roughan, a townland in Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland ** Roughan Castle, a castle in Roughan People with the surname *Howard Roughan, American writer See also *Roughan Hall Rou ...

Newmills Newmills is a small village in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, from Dungannon and from Coalisland. Newmills gets its name from a corn mill and kilns that formerly stood in the area. Local amenities include a primary school, a local sh ...

, Bawn ,

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, A State Care Historic Monument located near Newmills, Northern Ireland. Roughan Castle is a Plantation era bawn built by Sir Andrew Stewart, the Second Lord Castlestewart. During the

, the castle's current lord, Robert Stewart, was appointed a commander in the Rebel armies by Phelim O'Neill and he was captured here and brought to

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

to be executed. , - , Roxborough Castle , ,

Moy Moy may refer to: Places * Loch Moy, a loch south of Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland ** Moy, Highland, a village beside Loch Moy ** Moy Hall Moy Hall near the village of Moy, south of Inverness, is the home of the chiefs of the Clan M ...

, Country house ,

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, The castle, originally built in

as the seat of the Earl of Charlemont, was remodeled by

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William Murray in the

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style in

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for the second Viscount of Charlemont. Further remodeling later by the Second Viscount's resulted in a house that resembled a French

château A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. No ...

. The castle was again renovated in 1864 by the Third Viscount before the castle was razed to the ground by the

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1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera ...

. , - , Stewart Castle , Stewart Castle, Geograph

, Newtownstewart , Bawn ,

1619 Events January–June * January 12 – James I of England's Banqueting House, Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Co ...

, A Plantation era English manor built in

by Sir Robert Newcomen following the

Flight of the Earls The Flight of the Earls ( ir, Imeacht na nIarlaí)In Irish, the neutral term ''Imeacht'' is usually used i.e. the ''Departure of the Earls''. The term 'Flight' is translated 'Teitheadh na nIarlaí' and is sometimes seen. took place in Se ...

. The castle was razed twice - first during the

by Sir Felim O'Neill, and again in

1689 Events January–March * January 22 (January 12, 1688 O.S.) – Glorious Revolution in England: The Convention Parliament is convened to determine if King James II of England, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, vacated ...

by King James II along with its town as he returned from the

Siege of Derry The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. The siege was preceded by a first attempt against the town by Jacobite forces on 7 December 1688 that was foiled when 13 apprentices shut the gates ...

. Today, the monument is a State Care Historic Monument. Also present on the site is an intact

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cist A cist ( or ; also kist ; from grc-gre, κίστη, Middle Welsh ''Kist'' or Germanic ''Kiste'') is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Examples can be found across Europe and in the Middle East ...

that was excavated in

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Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

Castles in Ireland Lists of castles in the United Kingdom * Lists of buildings and structures in Northern Ireland

Castles A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...