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Kinnafad Castle (ruins)

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Kinnafad Castle (ruins)
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Kinnafad Castle stands in ruins across County Kildare, its stones stripped of roofs and rooms but still marked as a castle on open maps. The name sounds like a forgotten chamber door, the kind of place where a castle disappeared so completely that only the word remains behind.
Kinnafad Castle (ruins) is recorded as a castle in County Kildare. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Kinnafad Castle was built in the 17th century by the Butler family, who were prominent landowners in the region. The castle is remembered for its historical association with the Earls of Ormond and as an example of early Irish country house architecture.

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