What is recorded here
Dromore Castle is recorded as a castle in County Down. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Dromore Castle in County Down was built in the late 16th century by the MacDonnell family, Gaelic lords of Antrim, during the period of English colonization in Ireland. It is remembered as a symbol of resistance and as a key site in the Nine Years' War, later being associated with the Flight of the Earls in 1607.
Places near here
TOWER-HOUSE: DROMORE CASTLE in DromoreTOWER-HOUSE: DROMORE CASTLE · 1 yd
Regent BridgeBridge · 91 yd
Downshire BridgeBridge · 108 yd
St.Colman's Cathedral, on site of PRE-NORMAN MONASTERY & MEDIEVAL CATHEDRAL, with CROSS CARVED STONE in DromoreSt.Colman's Cathedral, on site of PRE-NORMAN MONASTERY & MEDIEVAL CATHEDRAL, with CROSS CARVED STONE · 137 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 204 yd
Bishop Thomas Percy MonumentMonument · 372 yd
Dromore ViaductHeritage attraction · 678 yd
BAWN?: GILLHALL CASTLE in GreenanBAWN?: GILLHALL CASTLE · 1.8 mi
CHURCH (Listed) & GRAVEYARD in MagherallyCHURCH (Listed) & GRAVEYARD · 4.1 mi
Lake TrailWalking route · 4.3 mi
Hillsborough FortVisitor information · 4.3 mi
Hillsborough Forest ParkForest · 4.4 miOther information
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