Farland Bank and Inch Castle - panoramio

Inch Castle is a ruined castle located on the southern tip of

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, the northern

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. The castle was constructed around

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by the

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lord Neachtain O'Donnell for his father-in-law, Cahir O'Doherty. The '' Ó Dochartaigh'' (O'Doherty) clan were the dominant family on the nearby peninsula of

Inishowen Inishowen () is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland. The Inishowen peninsula includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head. The Grianan of Aileach, a ringfor ...

and had close links with the O'Donnells. It came to form part of the defensive network of O'Doherty fortifications designed to protect them from rival clans and to overawe those who accepted their overlordship. Burt Castle is located just across

Lough Swilly Lough Swilly () in Ireland is a glacial fjord or sea inlet lying between the western side of the Inishowen Peninsula and the Fanad Peninsula, in County Donegal. Along with Carlingford Lough and Killary Harbour it is one of three glacial fjords ...

on the mainland, and this has sometimes led to the two being confused in historical accounts. It should also not be confused with

Inch Fort Inch Fort, Lough Swilly, Inishowen, County Donegal was built between 1812 and 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Napoleonic Wars , partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic ...

, a much later development on the northern tip of the island which is now also in ruins.Walsh p.204

References

Bibliography

* Doherty, Richard. ''The Siege of Derry, 1689: The Military History''. Spellmount, 2010. * Walsh, David. ''Oileáin: a guide to the Irish islands''. Pesda Press, 2004. Inch Castle {{Ireland-castle-stub