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Ballinalacken Castle in the late 19th century, with the residence and later castle hotel on the left. Given the prominent position, it is likely that the location was used for previous fortifications, but no traces of such are visible today. In the late 14th century, Lochlan MacCon O'Connor reportedly built a fortress at the site.
Intact castle in use as a hotel. Fassaroe Castle, Bray. Built in 1536 by 'Master Tresover'. In ruins. Kiltegan Castle, Kiltegan, intact castle; Kiltimon Castle, Newcastle. C.1550, now in use as a folly. Kindlestown Castle, Delgany. Castle ruins; Oldcourt Castle, Bray. Built by the Earl of Ormond in 1433. In ruins. Ormonde Castle, Arklow.
Bonnettstown Hall (Castle) Castle Blunden; Castlecomer Demesne; Castletown Cox; Danesfort House; Desart Court, near Cuffesgrange and Callan; Drakelands House; Foulksrath Castle; Gowran Castle; Grace's Old Castle; Jenkinstown Castle; Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny City; Mount Juliet House, near Thomastown; Rothe House, Kilkenny City; Shankill Castle ...
The house is set on a 840-acre (3.4 km 2) estate and now operates as a five-star hotel with a golf course and other accommodation on the rest of the resort. Adare Manor was voted "Ireland's Leading Hotel" at the World Travel Awards in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and "The World's Leading Boutique Golf Resort" in 2012.
Powerscourt House terrace & fountain (1800s) During the 16th century the house came into the ownership of the Powerscourt family. The family rose in wealth and prominence, and in the 18th century Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt, commissioned the architect Richard Cassels to extensively alter and remodel the medieval castle to create a modern country house.
The architecture of Ireland is one of the most visible features in the Irish countryside – with remains from all eras since the Stone Age abounding. Ireland is famous for its ruined and intact Norman and Anglo-Irish castles, small whitewashed thatched cottages and Georgian urban buildings.
Dromoland Castle (Irish: Drom Ólainn) is a castle, located near Newmarket-on-Fergus in County Clare, Ireland. It is operated as a five-star luxury hotel with a golf course , with its restaurant, the "Earl of Thomond", being awarded a Michelin star in 1995, under head chef Jean Baptiste Molinari .
Carton House, entrance Carton House in 2009, with boathouse. The Carton Demesne first came into the ownership of the FitzGerald family shortly after Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan (c. 1105-1176), an Anglo-Norman noble, played an active role in the capture of Dublin by the Normans in 1170 and was rewarded by being appointed Lord of Maynooth, an area covering townlands which include Carton.
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