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Quintin castle is one of the very few Anglo-Norman castles still occupied in Ireland. [235] The castle was built in 1184 on the orders of John de Courcy and later occupied by the Savage family, who would add some small additions to the castle. This cycle would continue through the ages all the way to now.
Lough Cutra Castle is a privately-owned 19th-century castle located near Gort in south County Galway, Ireland. The castle was designed by English architect John Nash for Colonel Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort. Construction started in 1811 and was completed in 1817. The castle was later acquired by and a residence of Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount ...
Blackwater Castle, also and formerly known as Castle Widenham, is a privately owned estate located in the village of Castletownroche between the towns of Mallow and Fermoy in north County Cork, Ireland. Since 2005 it has been available to rent as a private hire venue for castle weddings and private parties along with castle rentals for vacations.
O'Dea Castle – County Clare – a 15th-century castle with high cross and visitor's centre; Oldbridge Estate – site of Battle of the Boyne; Old Mellifont Abbey – Tullyallen, Drogheda, County Louth – Ireland's first Cistercian abbey. Ormonde Castle – Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary – 1560s Elizabethan manor house
The awarded family seat of the Viscounts Powerscourt, the estate has been owned by the Slazenger family, founders and former owners of the Slazenger sporting goods business, since 1961. It is a popular tourist attraction, and includes Powerscourt Golf Club , an Avoca Handweavers restaurant, and an Autograph Collection Hotel .
Photographer Anton Corbijn photographed Moydrum Castle for the cover of the Irish rock band U2's fourth studio album, 1984's The Unforgettable Fire and gave it a sepia tone. The photograph, however, was a virtual copy of a picture on the cover of a 1980 book In Ruins: The Once Great Houses of Ireland by Simon Marsden, for which U2 had to pay ...
This castle was featured on the cover of several editions of the novel The Riders by Tim Winton. In 1996, Leap Castle's history and hauntings were examined in Castle Ghosts of Ireland by Robert Hardy. [12] A chapter in "The World of Lore: Dreadful Places" by Aaron Mahnke is also dedicated to Leap Castle. It is titled The Tainted Well in ...
Classiebawn Castle is a country house built for the 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) on what was formerly a 4,000-hectare (10,000-acre) estate on the Mullaghmore Peninsula near the village of Cliffoney, County Sligo, in the Republic of Ireland. [1] The current castle was largely built in the late 19th century.