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2. Ashford Castle - Wikipedia

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   A castle was built on the perimeter of a monastic site in 1228 by the Anglo-Norman House of Burke. [1]After more than three-and-a-half centuries under the de Burgos, whose surname became Burke or Bourke, Ashford passed into the hands of a new master, following a fierce battle between the forces of the de Burgos and those of the English official Sir Richard Bingham, Lord President of Connaught ...

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   Ashford Castle. Cong, Ireland. Check prices and availability on Hotels.com or Expedia. Ireland's spectacular and massive Ashford Castle began as a mansion in 1228 and expanded over the centuries ...

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   Ashford Castle — Ireland Located on the shores of the Lough Corrib for more than 800 years, the Ashford Castle was once the home to the Guinness family. Today, its 83 rooms and suites offer ...

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   Ashford Castle: County Mayo, Ireland. Once the beloved ancestral home of the royal O’Brien family and now a five-star resort, Ashford Castle has stood tall on the shores of Lough Corrib for over ...

6. Cong, County Mayo - Wikipedia

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   Ashford Castle. Cong is the home of Ashford Castle, a luxury hotel, which was converted from a Victorian faux lakeside castle, built by the Guinness family. Ashford Castle is a tourist attraction in its own right. Cong also features a ruined medieval abbey, Cong Abbey, where Rory O'Connor, the last High King of Ireland, spent his last years. [9]

7. List of castles in Ireland - Wikipedia

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   However, the land the current castle stands on was at that time owned by the Fosters, another Ascendancy family, and it contained a small tower destroyed in the time of Cromwell house dubbed "Cormey Castle." This house was rebuilt in 1808, but its construction exhausted the funds of the Fosters so the property was sold to the Pratts. [25]

8. Guinness baronets - Wikipedia

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   The family seat was Ashford Castle, near Cong, County Galway. The Guinness Baronetcy, of Castleknock in the County Dublin, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 May 1885 for Edward Guinness. He was the third son of the first baronet of the 1867 creation. Guinness was later elevated to the peerage as Earl of Iveagh. For more ...

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