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Castle Oliver

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Castle Oliver is a Victorian castle-style country house in County Limerick, Ireland, built for entertaining rather than defense. It has a ballroom, drawing room, library, morning room, dining room and hall with hand-painted ceilings, ornamental corbels, stained glass windows and stencil work. The castle stands on massive terraces and overlooks much of its former 20,000-acre estate. It also contains Ireland's largest wine cellar, said to hold about 55,000 bottles.
Castle Oliver is recorded as a castle in County Limerick. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Built by the Fitzgerald family, Lords of Limerick, in the 13th century, Castle Oliver is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the Norman colonization of Munster.

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