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Doonagore Castle is a round 16th-century tower house with a small walled enclosure located about 1 km south of the coastal village of Doolin in County Clare, Ireland. Its name may be derived from Dún na Gabhair, meaning "the fort of the rounded hills" or the "fort of the goats". Doonagore Castle is at present a private holiday home ...
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of clans, peers and landed gentry families in Ireland. Most of the houses belonged to the Old English and Anglo-Irish aristocracy, and many of those located in the present Republic of Ireland were abandoned, sold or destroyed following the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War of the early 1920s.
Doolin House, or Doolin Castle, was a property of the MacNamaras of Ennistymon. After likely having served as their main residence in the 19th century, by the early 20th century it was a summer home. The poet Francis MacNamara used it this way in the 1910s.
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Doolin (Irish: Dúlainn) [1] is a coastal village in County Clare, Ireland, on the Atlantic coast. It is southwest of the spa town of Lisdoonvarna and 4 miles from the Cliffs of Moher. It is a noted centre of traditional Irish music , which is played nightly in its pubs, making it a popular tourist destination.
County Clare 53°8′16″N 9°12′21″W: Castle: Gregans Castle 53°4′36″N 9°11′4″W: Castle: Inchiquin Castle Corofin: Castle ruin: Kiltanon Castle: Knappogue Castle County Clare 52°47′38″N 8°49′54″W: Schloss country house museum: Tullagh Lower 1 County Clare [70] 52°59′2″N 9°11′49″W [70] Contour fort [70 ...
A Poor Law Commission's report of 1927 stated that County Homes were unsuitable for unmarried mothers and babies. [11] In 1943, about 8,000 people were living in county homes. [9] From the 1950s onwards, county homes were reformed and standards of care improved. By the 1990s, they had been abolished, with the buildings now serving as normal ...
Liscannor (Irish: Lios Ceannúir, meaning 'ringfort of Ceannúr') [7] [8] is a coastal village in County Clare, Ireland. It is located on the R478 road between Lahinch and Doolin, close to the Cliffs of Moher. As of the 2016 census it had a population of 113. [1]