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Rockstown Castle

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Rockstown Castle stands fifty feet above a broad limestone shelf in County Limerick, its four rooms still stacked inside a square tower that has watched the same green fields since medieval times. Bourke, Gould and Ingoldesby all held it at different moments, passing through wars and ordinary life while the stone stayed unchanged. It is not grand enough for crowds, but tall enough to stop a person mid-thought, forcing them to look out across the land and imagine whose hands first climbed those stairs.
Rockstown Castle is recorded as a castle in County Limerick. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Rockstown Castle was built in the 17th century by the Blake family, who were prominent landowners in the region. It is remembered as a historic family seat and an example of early Irish country house architecture.

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