What is recorded here
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen.
Date of upload: 15 December 2014
Dromoland Castle was built in the 15th century by the O'Brien dynasty, the Kings of Thomond, and later held by the Blake family after the 17th-century land transfers. It is important as a symbol of Gaelic and later Anglo-Irish aristocratic power in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Enclosure in RathfolanEnclosure · 897 yd
Castle (in Ruins)Castle, unclassified · 1167 yd
Kilnasoolagh Churchchurch/chapel · 1191 yd
belvederebelvedere · 1331 yd
Dromoland CastleCastle, unclassified · 1615 yd
Mooghaun WoodsWood · 1.2 mi
Mooghaun HillfortArchaeological place · 1.4 mi
HawthornHawthorn · 1.5 mi
Rine PointHeadland · 3.4 mi
Pan Am Flight 1-10aviation accident · 3.7 mi
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