What is recorded here
Rock of Dunamase was held by the O'Mores, a powerful Gaelic Irish dynasty, and later by the de Burghs during the medieval period. It is important as a strategic hillfort and castle site with a long history of conflict and control in Leinster.
Places near here
Rock of Dunamase, Castle (in Ruins)Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 25 yd
Rock of Dunamase InformationVisitor information · 180 yd
Holy Trinity Church (Kilteale)church/chapel · 219 yd
Enclosure in Ballycarroll (maryborough East By.)Enclosure · 342 yd
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 455 yd
Kilteale Church (in Ruins)Church · 1111 yd
Bawn in DysartBawn · 1.1 mi
European BeechEuropean Beech · 2.7 mi
Burial Ridge of MaryboroughMemorial · 3.5 mi
CEMETERYGraveyard · 3.6 mi
Oughaval Wood MapVisitor information · 3.9 mi
Beech Way WalkWalking route · 4.0 miOther information
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