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Dromoland Castle

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Dromoland Castle
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Dromoland Castle is an impressive castle with turrets & towers. It was built in 1686 by the O'Brien clan, high kings of Ireland. It's located beside the River Rine on 400 acres of park lands & gardens that are home... more
Dromoland Castle is an impressive castle with turrets & towers. It was built in 1686 by the O'Brien clan, high kings of Ireland. It's located beside the River Rine on 400 acres of park lands & gardens that are home... more · Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn · CC BY-SA 2.0

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A section of the battered base of a possible tower house (L 9m) is indentifiable at the base of the NW wing of the present Dromoland castle (completed c. 1835) (pers. comm. Risteard Ua Cróinín, September 2018). Revised by: Mary Tunney 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attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report).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.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL042-063001

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