List of castles in Ireland

This List of Castles in Ireland, be they in Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) or in the Republic of Ireland, is organised by county within their respective jurisdiction.

Name	Location	Type	Date	Notes
Ballyloughan Castle	Bagenalstown 52°40′22.5″N 6°53′53.1″W	Castle	13th century^[1]	A ruined castle located near Bagenalstown featuring one of the finest gatehouses in Ireland.^[2] The castle's architecture would suggest that the castle was built by a Norman lord c. 1300 and was likely abandoned in the 14th century.^[3] Near the end of the 16th century, the castle was occupied by the Kavanghs and then passed to the Bagenals, and then finally to the Bruens in the 19th century.^[4]
Ballymoon Castle	Muine Bheag 52°42′0″N 6°54′25.2″W	Castle	13th century^[5]	A Norman castle, assumed by some to be unfinished, built by the Carew family, likely Roger Bigod, sometime between 1290 and 1310, possibly to defend the Barrow river valley from Irish raiders in a region over which the Normans had little control.^[5] In the past, the castle has been erroneously associated with the Knights Templar.^[6]
Carlow Castle	Carlow 52°50′11″N 6°56′9″W	Castle	1209^[7]	A once mighty fortress erected by William Marshall upon the site of a motte-and-bailey built by Hugh de Lacy in 1180. The castle has seen combat in various hostilities: the Silken Thomas Rebellion, an attack by Rory Oge O'Moore in 1577, the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Irish Confederate Wars, and the Conquest of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell.^[7]^[8] In 1813, the castle was leased to a Dr. Phillip Parry Price Middleton, who attempted to renovate it into a mental asylum in 1814.^[9] The castle was demolished after a partial collapse caused by an explosion and abandoned until 1996 when the castle was given into the care of the Office of Public Works.^[10]^[11]
Huntington Castle	Clonegal 52°41′23.28″N 6°38′54.96″W	Country house	1625^[12]	A castle constructed by the Esmonde family in 1625,^[12] after Queen Elizabeth I's forces captured the area and gave it to the Nettervilles, who then gave it to the Esmondes. A branch of the family, the Robertsons, still maintain ownership of the castle and it still serves as their ancestral home. Despite this, the castle is open to the public.^[13] In addition to a shrine to the Egyptian goddess Isis, the castle is noted as being haunted.^[14]
Leighlinbridge Castle, or Black Castle of Leighlinbridge	Leighlinbridge 52°44′8.52″N 6°52′41.16″W	Bawn	1180^[15] 1181^[16] 1547^[16]	A castle built by Hugh de Lacy in 1180 to defend the river crossing,^[15]^[17] rebuilt by John de Clahull in 1181,^[16] and once again rebuilt in 1547 by Edward Bellingham after its destruction in the 14th century by the Cavanaghs. The castle was sacked again by Cromwellian forces under Colonel Hewson in 1650 during the Irish Confederate Wars.^[18]
Tinnahinch Castle	52°31′48″N 6°57′0″W	Country house	c. 1620^[19]	Tinnahinch Castle was built in the early 17th century by James Butler to control a bridge that once stood on this spot, but was confiscated from him for his involvement in the Rebellion of 1641.^[20] The castle burned down in 1700 and remains a ruin.^[21]

Name	Location	Type	Date	Notes
Bailieborough Castle	Bailieborough	Country house	1613^[22]	Also known as "Castle House" or "Lisgar House," Bailieborough Castle, was by 1629 an enclosed demesne that was attacked by Irish rebel forces under Colonel Hugh O'Reilly in 1641.^[23] Around 1895 in Ireland, the estate was sold under the Ashbourne Act to a Sir Stanley Herbert Cochrane Bt., only to be destroyed by fire in 1918. Though the house was largely rebuilt two years later, it was ultimately sold for demolition in 1923.^{[citation needed]}
Ballyconnell Castle	Ballyconnell	Bawn	1620	An early 17th-century Plantation-era castle built by a Capt. Culme and Walter Talbot that burned down in 1764.^[23] The castle was rebuilt as Ballyconnell House by a "G. Montgomery."^[24]
Cabra Castle	Cabra	Mansion	18-19th centuries	"Cabra Castle" refers to two structures. The first structure, thought to have been an O'Reily castle, was located west of Kingscourt, was destroyed and the land it stood on confiscated by Cromwell and given to Colonel Thomas Cooch. When Cooch died in 1699, he willed the property to the Pratts, a local Ascendancy family. 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] Today, the castle and estate functions as a hotel.^[26]
Castle Saunderson	Belturbet	Castle	1840	In the 1840s, the Saunderson family built a new mansion upon the land they had owned since the early 17th century and used it as their seat until 1977 when it was sold to a London-based business man. His plans to renovate the castle didn't come to fruition, and so the castle was sold again in 1990.^{[citation needed]} Seven years later, the castle and estate were purchased by Scouting Ireland and is now open to the public for most of the year.^[27]
Cloughoughter Castle	Belturbet	Castle ruin	1233^[28]	An ancient castle, possibly built on a crannóg,^[29] built by the O'Rourkes, the Anglo-Normans and finished by the O'Reilly clan in 1233.^[28]^[30] After their 300-year long possession of the castle, during which they imprisoned Philip O'Reilly here in the 1360s, the castle was given to Captain Hugh Clume, and was then demolished by Cromwellian forces in 1653.^[31]

Name	Location	Type	Date	Notes
Ballyallaban ringfort	Ballyvaughan	Circular rampart, ringfort		An ancient earthen Caher, or ringfort, in good repair located in the Burren next to the R480 near Ballyvaughan that is today an Irish National Monument.^[32]^[33]
Ballynagowan Castle (Smithstown Castle)	Kilshanny 52°59′27″N 9°16′11.9″W	Tower House	15th Century	Ballynagowan (Smithstown) takes its name from 'bael-atha-an-ghobhan', meaning the 'mouth of the smiths ford'. It was first mentioned in 1551 when the last King of Munster, Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond (also known as the Tanist) willed the Castle of Ballynagowan to his son Teige before his death. The Irish rebel "red" Hugh O'Donnell, Oliver Cromwell, Conor O'Brien and his wife Máire Rua O'Brien (the "Red Mary"), the High Sheriff of County Clare and Viscount Powerscourt amongst others played a part in the Castle's turbulent history. The Castle became a ruin after its last inhabitants left in the mid-19th century, only to be fully restored again in the 1990s, whereby it was transformed into a self-catering home. www.smithstowncastle.com.
Ballinalacken Castle	Lisdoonvarna	Tower house	15-16th Centuries	A two-stage castle built on a limestone outcrop that looms over the road from Lisdoonvarna to Fanore. The tower stands on the grounds of an 1840s hotel that was built to serve as a residence for the powerful O'Brien family.^[34]
Ballyhannon Castle	Quin	Tower house	c. 1490^[35]	A tower house constructed by Hugh and possibly Síoda MacNamara around 1490.^[36] The MacNamaras lost the castle to the O'Briens during the Plantation of Ulster and were further despoiled of the castle during the Rebellion of 1641. The castle survived Cromwell's conquest of Ireland (possibly due to its Protestant ownership at that time) and today operates as hotel.^[37]
Ballymarkahan Castle	Quin	Peel tower	c. 1430^[38]	Built by the MacNamara family in the 15th century. Today, the massive tower house is a ruin missing its southeast corner.^[39]
Ballyportry Castle	Corofin	Tower house	15th century^[40]	A tower house built upon the ancient site of the seat of the Brian Boru and other O'Briens. Today's tower house was built in the 1490s, and the O'Briens resided there for about a century before their cataclysmic defeat at Kinsale. The castle was restored by American architect Bob Brown in the 1960s.^[41]
Boston Castle	Boston ^[42]	Tower house		A ruined tower house and the site of the deaths of Mahon O'Brien and the other defenders of the tower in 1586. After three months the besieger, Sir Richard Bingham, Governor of Connacht,^{[citation needed]} accepted the surrender of the defenders, he had them killed and the tower partially destroyed.^[43]
Bunratty Castle	Bunratty	Castle	1425^[44]	Today a tourist attraction,^[45] this 15th century castle has a long and checkered history. Built on the site of an ancient Viking settlement and an earlier 13th century castle built in 1270 by Thomas de Clare,^[46] this castle, built in 1425 by MacNamara clan,^[47] was seized by the O'Briens in a battle in 1475,^[46] whose lord was then granted the title "Earl of Thomund" by King Henry VIII. The castle, under the defense of William Penn, was again seized in the Irish Confederate Wars.^[48] In 1712, the castle left the holding of the O'Briens when the Eighth (and last) Earl of Thomund sold it to the Studderts, who left it to fall into ruin when they moved to a nearby residence called "Bunratty House." In 1956 Viscount Lord Gort, with the help of the Irish Office of Public Works,^[49] purchased, restored and opened the castle to the public. Today, it remains in the care of the Shannon Heritage.^[46]
Caherconnell Stone Fort	The Burren	Ringfort	10th century	This ringfort, located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Poulnabrone dolmen,^[50] is one of the Burren's most popular tourist attractions. Excavations have shown that this ancient ringfort may have been erected on the site of an even older, Neolithic or Bronze Age-era site. The ringfort is also the location of the Burren's leading Sheepdog demonstration.^[51]
Caherminnaun Castle	Caherminnaun, Kilfenora	Castle ruin		A ruin where in 1591 Murrogh O'Brien, the Lord of Caherminnaun, died. In 1839, the site of the castle was described as "a heap of ruins and rubbish."^[52]
Carrigaholt Castle	Carrigaholt	Tower house	c. 1480^[53]	Carrigaholt Castle is a late 15th-century tower house built by the Clare McMahons for use as their primary residence.^[53] The castle, overlooking the Shannon Estuary from the north,^[54] is not open to the public.
Castlecrine	County Clare^[55] ^[55]	Hillslope fort^[55]
Castlecrine House	Sixmilebridge	Country house	1860s^[56]	Crine Castle was a late Georgian style country house that was built a Capt. Henry Butler of the Butler family around 1860^[57] and was demolished in 1955.^{[citation needed]}
Castlelake House	Sixmilebridge ^[58]	Country house
Craggaunowen Castle	Quin	Tower house	1550^[59]	A typical tower house built in 1550 by John MacSioda MacNamara^[60] the castle was confiscated in the mid 17th century^[61] and left in ruin. In 1821, the land the tower house stood on was inherited by a Tom Steele, who carried out some restoration work.^[62] Upon his death in 1848, the castle went to his niece.^[63] The castle was renovated in 1965 by a John Hunt and is today in the possession of Shannon Heritage.^[60]
Doonagore Castle	Doolin	Castle	16th century^[64]	A lonely tower house and bawn built around 1500 by MacTurlough O'Conner^[65] upon the site of an earlier 14th century fortification located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the village of Doolin, County Clare.^[66] In 1588, a ship of the Spanish Armada shipwrecked off the coast just below the castle and the town sheriff, Boetius MacClancy,^[67] arrested some 170 stranded Spaniards, then hanged them at the castle.^[64] They were buried at a nearby Iron Age barrow called Cnocán an Crochaire. By the early 19th century, the castle had fallen into disuse and disrepair, but then a counselor Gore renovated the castle. It had called into bad repair again by the mid 19th century before being purchased by Irish-American John C. Gorman, who turned the tower house into a private holiday home. It remains in the possession of the Gorman family to this day.^[65]
Dangan Castle	Knocksaggart	Castle	13th century	Built by Philip de Clare. It was formerly a place of some strength, and was of a quadrangular form, flanked at each angle by a small round tower : from the centre rose the donjon or keep. The ruins form a picturesque object in the well-planted demesne of Dangan.^[68]
Doonbeg Castle	Doonbeg	Castle ruin	16th century
Dough Castle		Castle ruin
Dromoland Castle	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Restaurant, château, hotel		restored castle, hotel
Dromore Castle	County Clare	Tower house
Dunmackelim Castle
Freaghcastle	Kilfarboy ^[69]	Promontory fort^[69], contour fort^[69]
Gleninagh Castle	County Clare	Castle
Gregans Castle		Castle
Inchiquin Castle	Corofin	Castle ruin
Kiltanon Castle
Knappogue Castle	County Clare	Schloss country house museum
Tullagh Lower 1	County Clare^[70] ^[70]	Contour fort^[70]
Leamaneh Castle	County Clare	Castle ruin, castle	1480
Milltown Castle
Moher Castle
Moher Tower	County Clare	Building	1808
Newtown Castle	County Clare	Tower house
O'Brien's Tower	Doolin	Folly
O'Dea Castle	Corofin	Castle
Teerobannan Castle
Tromra Castle		Castle
O'Grady's Castle	County Clare^[71], Tuamgraney ^[71]	Castle^[71]
Tullagh Fort
Tyredagh Castle
View Castle

Name	Location	Type	Date	Notes
Athlone Castle	Athlone 53°25′24″N 7°56′33″W	Castle	1210^[127]	A castle located on the River Shannon in the town of Athlone, near the centre of Ireland, and possibly standing on the site of an earlier timber keep built by King Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair of Connacht in the 12th century,^[128] The current structure began with the castle's donjon upon the motte and was later expanded upon via a curtain wall and corner towers circa 1276 by Bishop John de Gray of Norwich.^[129] The castle was again renovated in 1547 by Sir William Brabazon, Lord Justice of Ireland, only to be battered in the Siege of Athlone and finally destroyed by lightning in 1697.^[130] Since the Napoleonic Era, the castle has been modified and refurbished until 2002 when today's visitor center was constructed. The visitor's center underwent renovation in 2012.^[131]
Ballinlough Castle	Clonmellon 53°38′2.4″N 7°1′33.6″W	Country house	1614^[132]	A country house and seat of the Nugent O'Reillys (since 1812)^[132] built in 1614, according to the O'Reilly coat of arms above the door.^[132] Since its construction, the Nugents have maintained the estate.
Clonyn Castle	Delvin 53°37′0″N 7°6′0″W	Country house	1639^[133]	In 1639, Richard Nugent, 1st Earl of Westmeath, built for himself a residence on a small hill near the village of Delvin.^[133] The castle was burned by a panicked Richard Nugent to prevent its capture by Cromwellian forces.^[134] Some time later in 1680, the current building was completed in 1860 and reoccupied by the Nugents until 1922 when Patrick Nugent sold it and moved to Scotland.^[133] After Solomon Schonfeld went bankrupt attempting to help Jewish refugee children, the castle fell into the hands of the Dillon family and has remained such for over 25 years.^[133]
Killua Castle	Clonmellon 53°39′34.34″N 6°59′46.34″W	Country house	1780^{[citation needed]}	In 1780, Sir Benjamin Chapman, 1st Baronet, tore down an old Knights Hospitallers castle confiscated by Cromwell in 1667 and built the current structure.^{[citation needed]} Renovations to the house and grounds including the nearby Raleigh Obelisk in 1810^[135] were completed in the following decades before the Baronet died with Montagu Richard, 5th baronet and the subsequent dissolving of the property. The castle sat as an empty ruin until 2004,^[136] when renovations aimed at restoring the castle as a private residence began.^[137]
Knockdrin Castle	Mullingar 53°34′25″N 7°18′54″W	Mansion	c. 1815^[138]	In 1810, Sir Richard Levinge commissioned Sir Richard Morrison for two designs of a private residence.^[138] However, it is believed that a design from noted contemporary architect James Shiel was the one used to construct the house.^[138]
Moydrum Castle	Athlone 53.4281°N 7.8628°W / 53.4281; -7.8628 (Moydrum Castle)	Country house	c. 1814^[139]
Nugent Castle	Delvin 53°36′38″N 7°05′33″W	Keep	1181
Portlick Castle	Glassan 53°28′58.8″N 7°54′0″W	Tower house
Rattin Castle	Kinnegad 53°44′39″N 17°13′1″W	Tower house
Tullynally Castle	Castlepollard 53°40′59.56″N 7°19′40.26″W	Country house
Tyrrellspass Castle	Tyrrellspass 53°23′9.6″N 7°22′51.6″W	Bawn	c. 1411

Name	Location	Type	Date	Notes
Antrim Castle or Massereene Castle^[141]	Antrim 54°43′19.2″N 6°13′51.6″W	Country house	1613–1622^[142]	Built by Sir Hugh Clotworthy alongside an earlier motte, the plantation castle was besieged unsuccessfully in 1641 and again in 1648. It was extended in the 1660s by Viscount Massereene and rebuilt as a Georgian country house in 1813. This was expanded in 1887 but burned down in 1921, possibly due to arson. The ruins were later demolished, though the castle gardens have been restored.^[143]^[144] The castle is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a servant girl nicknamed the "White Lady."^[145]
Ballycastle Castle	Ballycastle 55°12′3.6″N 6°15′0″W	Demolished	15th century 1564 1652	The castle that gave Ballycastle its name stood in the Diamond at the centre of town. The ruins were removed in 1850.^[146]
Ballygally Castle	Ballygally 54°53′52.8″N 5°51′28.8″W	Tower house	1625^[147]	James Shaw of Greenock, Scotland, built the tower house and it remained in his family until 1820. It was used as a coastguard station from the 1830s, but reverted to a dwelling in the late 19th century. In 1938 it was converted into a hotel and a new wing was added. In addition to being run as a hotel since the 1950s and being a Grade A listed site, this is also one of the most haunted buildings in all of Ireland.^[148]^[149]
Ballylough Castle	Bushmills 55°10′30″N 6°30′46.8″W	Tower house	15th century	The castle was a seat of the MacQuillans, and was attacked and captured by the O'Donnells in 1544. In the 18th century, the estate was the property of the Traill family, who built Ballylough House nearby. The ruins of the castle were repaired for use as a dovecote in the 1820s. Two walls remain in the grounds of Ballylough House.^[150]
Belfast Castle	Belfast 54°38′34.8″N 5°36′31.2″W	Country house	1870^[151]	The original Belfast Castle, built in the 12th century, was located in the city centre, but burned down in 1708.^[151] The present house was built by the Marquess of Donegall on the hills to the north of the city. It was designed by John Lanyon in the Scottish Baronial style. It later passed to the Earl of Shaftesbury, and was granted to the Corporation of Belfast in 1935. The house was opened to the public as a venue for weddings and dances and remains in use for this purpose, having been extensively restored in the 1980s.^[152]
Carra Castle	Cushendun 55°7′58.8″N 6°2′13.2″W	Hall house	14th century^[153]	Little is known of this site, which is thought to have been built in the early 14th century, though it is traditionally believed to be the place where Shane O'Neill was killed by the MacDonnells in 1567.^[153] Archaeological investigation suggests use of the abandoned building as a cillín (infant's' burial ground) in the 16th century.^[154]
Carrickfergus Castle	Carrickfergus 54°42′46.8″N 5°48′2.16″W	Norman castle	1177^[155]	The tower and inner ward were built by John de Courcy,^[155] who led the Norman invasion of Ulster in the 12th century. The castle served as his base of operations until it was seized from him in 1204 by Hugh de Lacy.^[155] King John captured the castle for the English crown in 1210. It was held by Hugh de Lacy in the 13th century, who set about construction of the outer walls and gatehouse. It later returned to the English crown, and was besieged several times. Improvements were made, in the 16th and 17th centuries, in order to accommodate artillery. The castle was captured by the French in 1760 and afterward served as a military outpost, housing an armoury, magazine and prison. It was given into state care in 1928, and remains open to tourists as a historic monument.^[156]
Dunaneeny Castle	Ballycastle 55°12′39.6″N 6°15′0″W	Ruins	16th Century	Established by Alexander MacDonnell on the site of a promontory fort overlooking Port Brittas (now known as Ballycastle Bay). The castle is the purported birthplace of Scottish-Irish chief Sorley Boy MacDonnell. Only the foundations of the gatehouse are now visible, on the cliffs near a caravan park.^[157]
Dunluce Castle	Portballintrae 55°12′39.6″N 6°34′44.4″W	Castle	13th century^[158]	Built by Richard de Burgh, second Earl of Ulster, on the site of a 10th-century fort possibly built by the Vikings. In 1513 the castle was occupied by the MacQuillans, who lost it in the mid 13th century to the MacDonnells and they made the castle their principal residence. In 1588, the Girona (ship), a galleass of the Spanish Armada, wrecked on the coast directly below the castle, so the MacDonnell chief, Somerled MacDonnell, took the ship's cannon and mounted it in the castle and used the profit from selling the ship's cargo to renovate the castle.^[158] Though the castle remained in the hands of the MacDonnell clan, they would eventually move the center of their power to Glenarm Castle.^[159]
Dunseverick Castle	Dunseverick 55°14′16.8″N 6°26′52.8″W	Ruins	9th century	This coastal site was blessed by Saint Patrick and raided by Vikings in the 9th century. By 1560 the castle was held by Sorley Boy MacDonnell, but was taken from him by Shane O'Neill that same year. It was held by the O'Cahans in the 17th century, but was destroyed by a Scottish army under General Munro during the Rebellion of 1641.^[160] Only the ruins of the gatehouse remain standing.^[161]
Galgorm Castle	Ballymena 54°51′25.2″N 6°19′1.2″W	Bawn and Country house	c. 1607^[162]	Galgorm Castle is a mid-17th-century country house, probably built for Dr. Alexander Colville, within a bawn wall of the early 17th century. It was renovated in the 1830s by the Earl Mount Cashell. It is a grade A listed building and remains a private residence.^[163]
Glenarm Castle	Glenarm 54°57′57.6″N 5°57′21.6″W	Country house	1636^[164]	Glenarm was the site of a medieval tower house, which was ruined by the mid 18th century when Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim, commissioned Christopher Myers to rebuild it as his principal residence. The MacDonnells completed the castle for their residence in 1636 in the Palladian style, and extended it in the 1780s. In the 1820s, Anne, Countess of Antrim, commissioned Sir Richard and William Vitruvius Morrison to remodel the house and build the gatehouse in a "Jacobethan" style. The house was gutted by fire in 1929 and damaged by another fire in 1966, but was restored each time. It remains in the MacDonnell family and is a grade A listed building.^[165]
Kinbane Castle	Ballycastle 55°13′44.4″N 6°17′27.6″W	Ruins	1547^[166]	Constructed by Colla MacDonnell on a coastal promontory in 1547, it was damaged by the cannons of the English under Sir James Croft in 1551.^[166] It was besieged again in 1555 and Colla died at the castle in 1558. In the 17th century it was held by the MacAlisters, and was occupied into the 18th century. The ruins came into state care in the 1970s, and comprise the remains of curtain wall and a ruined tower.^[167]
Kilwaughter Castle	Larne 54°50′31.2″N 5°53′16.8″W	Country house	1807^[168]	The present Georgian style house, which incorporated an earlier Scottish baronial Plantation house built in 1622, was commissioned in 1807 by Edward Jones-Agnew to designs by John Nash.It was not completed until 1830, with further alterations continuing into the 1850s. It passed by marriage to an Italian family, and by 1939 it was owned by two sisters who lived in Italy. With the outbreak of the Second World War it was seized by the Custodian of Enemy Property, and used as a military training camp until 1945. The abandoned building was stripped and its roof was removed in the 1950s, and remains an empty shell.^{[citation needed]}
Lissanoure Castle	Loughguile 55°3′18″N 6°19′58.8″W			A medieval castle stood at Loch Guile, which was replaced by the Macartneys in the 18th century. This was rebuilt in the 19th century but subsequently demolished. Only the estate buildings now remain, constructed using stone from the castle.^[169]
Olderfleet Castle	Larne 54°50′42″N 5°48′32.4″W	Tower	16th century^[170]	Probably built in the 16th century as a fortified storehouse and watchtower, overlooking the entrance to Larne Lough. This building was known as Coraine or The Curran. A separate structure, known as the "Olderfleete," was located to the north-west, though nothing of this remains.^[171]
Rathlin Castle or Bruce's Castle	Rathlin Island 55°17′49.2″N 6°10′8.4″W	Ruins		Limited remains of a medieval castle stand on a promontory on the island's east coast. It is said to have been the location where Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, stayed in 1306 after his flight from Scotland.^[172]
Red Bay Castle	Glenariff 55°4′1.2″N 6°3′18″W	Ruins	13th century 1604^[173]	Sir James MacDonnell built a castle here in 1563, on the site of an earlier promontory fort. This was attacked and destroyed by Shane O'Neill two years later, but rebuilt by Sorley Boy MacDonnell in 1568. The site was robbed of stones for the repair of Dunluce Castle, but was restored in 1604. Cromwell's troops destroyed it once more in 1652 and only fragments of masonry remain above ground.^[174]
Shane's Castle	Randalstown 54°43′55.2″N 6°16′12″W	Country house	1345^[175]	A series of buildings have stood on this site, a major seat of the O'Neills. A late medieval tower house forms the core of the complex, which was extended in the 17th century. This was replaced by a large country house in the 18th century. The Earl O'Neill commissioned John Nash to build a new extension in the early 19th century, but these were left unfinished when the main house burned down in 1816. The ruins of the various buildings are now in state care and open to the public.^[176]
Castle Upton	Templepatrick 54°42′14.4″N 6°5′27.6″W	Country house	1610	Built as a tower house by Sir Robert Norton, it was sold in 1625 to Captain Henry Upton of Cornwall. His descendant, John Upton, 1st Viscount Templetown, commissioned Robert Adam to remodel the house, extending it in a picturesque castellated style. The 2nd Viscount commissioned further remodeling by Edward Blore. The house was restored in the later 20th century and remains a private residence.^[177]

List of castles in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

County Carlow

County Cavan

County Clare

County Cork

County Donegal

County Dublin

County Galway

County Kerry

County Kildare

County Kilkenny

County Laois

County Leitrim

County Limerick

County Longford

County Louth

County Mayo

County Meath

County Monaghan

County Offaly

County Roscommon

County Sligo

County Tipperary

County Waterford

County Westmeath

County Wexford

County Wicklow

Northern Ireland

County Antrim

County Armagh

County Down

County Fermanagh

County Londonderry

County Tyrone

See also

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