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Adare Desmond Castle is a 13th-century Norman fortress on the edge of Adare village in County Limerick, Ireland. Built around the early 1200s beside an ancient ring-fort, it served as a strategic stronghold for centuries. The Earls of Kildare owned it for roughly three hundred years until the 1536 rebellion transferred it to the Earls of Desmond, giving the castle its present name. Today visitors join guided tours running daily from June through September, boarding shuttle buses at the Heritage Centre on the main street.

This page uses the checked exact public identity for Adare Desmond Castle. For a large lake, park or mountain range, the map point marks the named place as a whole.

Adare Desmond Castle was built by the Desmond family, a prominent Gaelic-Irish dynasty, in the 15th century. It is remembered for its historical association with the Desmond Rebellions against English rule in the late 16th century.

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