TOP10 Ruined Castles
Once the stronghold of the O'Donovan Clan Castle Donovan was built by Donal O'Donovan in 1560 and became their principal seat. It stands 60 feet high and sits on a large rock close [...]
The Castle of the Curlews Ballinafad Castle was built in 1590 and is also known as 'The Castle of The Curlews'. It has had a turbulent history due to its strategic (or dodgy) [...]
Spectacular location for a unique Norman castle Dundrum Castle was built by John de Courcy in 1172 on a spectacular vantage point overlooking Dundrum Bay and the mighty Mourne Mountains. De Courcy was [...]
A Christmas Massacre Tully Castle was built on the shores of Upper Lough Erne in 1612 by a Scottish planter called Sir John Hume on former lands controlled by the Maguire Clan. After [...]
One of Ireland's most dramatic ruins The Rock of Dunamase sits high on a limestone outcrop 150 feet above the surrounding plain. This has been a strategic location for thousands of years and [...]
Ireland's wildest & most northerly castle Carrickabraghy Castle is located in one of the wildest and most northerly locations in Ireland. This was just one in a network of castles built to defend [...]
Once one of the most important trading ports in Ireland Taaffe's Castle was built around 1520 as a fortified townhouse and trading depot for the Taaffe family. Between the 14th and 16th centuries, [...]
Northern Ireland's most iconic castle This is one of Northern Ireland’s most iconic castles and its image is used extensively to market Northern Ireland as a holiday destination. This was a perfect defensive [...]
One of Donegal's most prominent castles Burt Castle was built in 1560 on a small island surrounded by marshland. This was one of a network of castles built around Inishowen by the O'Doherty [...]
One of Ireland's most unusual castles Harry Avery's Castle dominates the valley of the River Derg and overlooks Newtownstewart in County Tyrone. It is named after Henry Aimbreidh O'Neill who was a 14th-century [...]