Necarne

Necarne Castle, also known as Castle Irvine, is a Victorian gothic house near Irvinestown in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Necarne Castle
Alternative names	Castle Irvine
General information
Architectural style	Victorian, Gothic
Classification	Listed
Town or city	Irvinestown, County Fermanagh
Country	Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.464°N 7.635°W / 54.464; -7.635
Groundbreaking	c1619
Construction started	1831
Completed	1835
Design and construction
Architect(s)	John Benjamin Keane

The two-storey façade was designed by John Benjamin Keane and was completed in 1835.^{[1]: 293 [2]} A castle was originally built on the site around 1619 by a Scottish planter called Gerard Lowther.

In the 1990s the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs signed a 25 year lease on the property to use it as an equine training centre which ran until 2023.^[3]

See also

• Castles in Northern Ireland