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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 .
The proximity of Shannon Airport, and the presence of several places of interest nearby (such as Bunratty Castle and Craggaunowen) brings some tourism to the area, providing business for local bed and breakfast establishments and hotels, like Dromoland Castle. On the grounds of Dromoland Castle is Mooghaun, a late Bronze Age hill fort.
Dromoland Castle, which had been granted to Donat's great-great-grandfather Donough by his father Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond in 1543, had become crown property in 1582, upon Donough's hanging, and later passed to the Earls of Thomond from whom Donat's father had attempted to acquire it.
The population in 1831 was 1,319. In 1841 it was 1,158, with 162 houses. As of 1834 there were 105 Protestants and 1,311 Catholics. In 1845 the dominant building in the parish was Dromoland Castle, owned by Sir Lucius O'Brien. There were two old castles, just beyond the boundary of the parish, and some ancient Druidical ovals or circles.
In 1614 a William Starkey was shown leasing Dromoland from the Earl of Thomond. Donough continued to contest his claim on Dromoland through the Court of Wards and Liveries in Dublin after the Earl's death in 1626 and in 1629 was granted entry "on all the manors, lands and tenements of his late father" on payment of a fine.
Mooghaun is situated in the parish of Mooghaun South, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north north-east of Newmarket on Fergus, on the grounds of Dromoland Castle. [2]It has three concentric limestone ramparts of defence, [2] all built at the same time.
Dromoland Castle: Died: 6 January 1717 Paris, France: Spouse(s) Catherine Keightley: ... (1675–1717) was an Irish nobleman of the O'Brien family of Dromoland. Early ...
The couple extended the O'Brien tower house at Leamaneh, creating Leamaneh Castle. An inscription on the castle reads: "This was built in the year of Our Lord 1648 by Conor O'Brien and Mary ní Mahon alias Brien wife to the said Conor". The couple had eight children, the eldest of whom, Sir Donough O'Brien, was born in 1642. [4]