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Fennor Castle

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Fennor Castle
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Fennor Castle stands in County Meath as a ruined reminder that local identity often belongs to memory rather than certainty. The nearby records point to Slane, where Fennor appears only as a name carried into later life. That gap makes the castle more interesting, because it resists a simple explanatory story.
Fennor Castle is recorded as a castle in County Meath. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Fennor Castle was built in the 13th century by the MacDermotts, a Gaelic Irish clan, in County Meath. It is remembered as an example of early medieval Irish castle architecture and as a site associated with local clan power during the Gaelic period.

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Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0