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Farney Castle

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Farney Castle in County Tipperary is a layered house where a fifteenth-century tower, an eighteenth-century octagonal tower and later extensions still stand together beside Farney Bridge. The old tower house keeps loop windows and machicolation marks, while the newer towers wear Gothic Revival lines attributed to Francis Johnston. The castle changed from fortified place to country house, but it still faces the river like a guard that learned to host instead of fight.
Farney Castle is recorded as a castle in County Tipperary. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Farney Castle was built in the 17th century by the Butler family, who were prominent Anglo-Norman lords in Ireland. It is remembered as a historic family seat and an example of early Irish country house architecture.

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