Castles & Forts
A visit to castles and fortress is essential part of any visit to Ire Land. Watch the most spectacular legacies of this area. These castles and fortress offer such splendid panoramic views of the city. Visit these historical places with your family and loved ones.
If you have historical interest of remarkable fortress and former royal residence, than we will provide you the information and locations.
We will provide you the guidance all over, information about visiting time, rates of local guides, history and introduction of these castles. Make your visit to cherish able with us.
Adare Castle
County: Limerick
An early medieval stone castle with rectangular great tower and domestic range. Founded by de Marisco and FitzGerald. The castle was built in 13th century more... 
Ardgillan Castle
County: Dublin
Built by Rev. Robert Taylor in 1738, this fine 18th century country-manor house is surrounded by 80ha of woodlands and gardens.
It overlooks the sea 30km north of Dublin city. Ardgillan houses the permanent exhibition of 17th century 'Down Survey' maps of Ireland.
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Askeaton Castle (Ashkeaton Cas...
County: Limerick
Remains of a stone enclosure with buildings from the 13th to the 16th centuries. Founded by de Burgo (c1200). Built in 13th & 15th century more... 
Blarney Castle
County: Cork
Blarney Castle is one of Ireland's oldest and most historic castles.
An ancient stronghold of the MacCarthys, Lords of Muskerry, and one of the strongest Fortresses in Munster. Its walls are in places 18 feet thick. The famous Blarney Stone is embedded in the Battlements.
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Bunratty Castle
County: Clare
Bunratty Castle, the seat of T. de Clare Studdert, Esq., is pleasantly situated within the ancient demesne, and commands fine views of the Shannon and of an extensive tract of country more... 
Cappagh Castle
County: Clare
CAPPAGH CASTLE was inhabited in 1580 by John Mac Namara but became the property of the Earl of Thomond when the Mac Namaras lost their patrimony. During the siege of Bunratty it was held by Parliamentarian forces under a Colonel Mac Adam and a Sergeant Morgan. They surrendered to the confederate Catholics on May 13th, 1646. The castle was afterwards converted into a windmill, at which the Earl's tenants were obliged to get their corn ground. The structure has now disappeared except for a few sto... more... 
Castle Hamilton
County: Cavan
The ancient burgh of Hamilton was originally known as Cadzow, an Anglicisation of the Celtic name "Cadihou" meaning "beautiful castle". Since 1445 the town has been called Hamilton after the prominent local landowning family of the same name. more... 
Castle Matrix
County: Limerick
Castle Matrix is a fifteenth-century tower house stocked with objets d'art and historical documents. Built during the early 1400s by the 7th Earls of Desmond, it was at one time Sir Walter Raleigh and it is said that Raleigh first introduced the potato into Ireland at the Castle more... 
Clare Castle
County: Clare
Clare Castle is an 11th century earthwork motte and bailey fortress, founded by Richard fitz Gilbert. In the 13th century, the de Clare family founded the stone castle, when they crowned the motte, with a polygonal shell keep, with unusual triangular buttresses. One length of the inner bailey rampart survives to its full height, with an opening where the gatehouse once stood. It supports a long section of curtain wall, which descends from the motte. Beyond this and the wet ditch is the large out... more... 
Desmond Castle
County: Cork
A custom house built by the Earl of Desmond, c. AD 1500, the castle was occupied by the Spanish in 1601. It was used as a prison in the 1700s for French and American seamen and later as a jail, workhouse and other uses.
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