1425 – Bunratty Castle, Co. Clare
The present structure was completed by the MacNamara family around 1425 but 50 years later was in the hands of the O’Briens,
The present structure was completed by the MacNamara family around 1425 but 50 years later was in the hands of the O’Briens,
The third castle built on this site, with a original wooden structure believed to have existed, although no evidence remains of this.
The four-storey castle was originally square with four round turrets at the corners. Probably of mid 15th century construction but in an earlier style.
The current building is not the original Howth Castle, which was on the high slopes by the village and the sea.
Medieval tower house, similar to many across Ireland, that was built to control a river crossing of the Suir. A small fragment of the east gate of the town wall is still attached to the north wall of the castle.
The castle consists of a 15th century rectangular keep with a later Jacobean style wing. The complex is surrounded by a 17th century boundary wall,
This castle may be considered a typical example of the stronghold of an Irish Chieftain during the Middle Ages. The date of its foundation is unsure but it was probably built in the late 15th century by one of the O’Donoghue Ross Chieftains.
15th century tower house built by the Knights Hospitallers of St. John.
Originally constructed at the end of the 14th century, the only remaining vestige of that era is the square tower on the south facade,
Merrion Castle was a medieval castle situated in present day Mount Merrion. Built in the early fourteenth century, it was from the sixteenth to the early eighteenth century the principal seat of Viscount Fitzwilliam.