1630 – Athlumney Castle. Co. Meath
Constructed over several centuries – the classic form of the fortified Irish tower house visible as part of the Jacobean mansion.
1600s – Blayney Castle, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
The area of Muckno and Ballynalurgan was granted to Sir Edward Blayney under the Plantation of Ulster in 1607 and 1611.
1610 – Belfast Castle, Belfast, Co. Antrim
John de Courcy built a castle on what is now Castle Street in the city centre in the 12th century. By the early 17th century when Sir Arthur Chichester,
1622 – Kirkiston Castle, Co. Down
Constructed in 1622 by Roland Savage, on the site of a ninth-century round tower. It was occupied until 1731, the castle is in the late medieval tower-house tradition.
1630s – Inchmore Castle, Co. Kilkenny
“This highly picturesque ruin is situated on the Nore, about four miles from Kilkenny, and derives its name, Inchmore, or the Great Island,
15th C. – Castle Matrix, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick
The castle was built as a fortress during the early 1400s by the 7th Earl of Desmond. In the early 1600’s the castle was granted to the Southwell family who converted it to a manor house.
1851 – Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford
Architect: William Atkinson / Joseph Paxton / A.W.N. Pugin / John Gregory Crace
Originally built in 1185 by King John,
1775c – Taylor’s Castle, Wexford, Co. Wexford
A georgian house, with extended windows and Irish-style castellations. Another view in the Lawrence Collection, in the National Library, taken in the early 20th century,
1320c – Claddagh Castle, Dunmore, Co. Galway
Illustrated as largely intact in 1794, the castle is now much decayed. Probably built after the previous castle was burned in 1315,
1860s – Ardfinnan Castle, Cahir, Co. Tipperary
Ardfinnan Castle was originally built circa 1186 to guard the river crossing on the River Suir, seven miles west of Clonmel.
