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Urlanbeg Castle (in Ruins)

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Urlanbeg Castle (in Ruins)
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Urlanbeg Castle stands in ruins in County Clare, a stripped tower house where the cliff wind still moves through broken rooms. It belongs to the crowded Clare coast, where stone was thrown quickly to keep out seas, rivals and time. What is left is a stump of ambition, decent and clear, waiting for a person stubborn enough to finish it.
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 18 December 2014
Built by the MacNamara clan in the 16th century, Urlanbeg Castle is remembered as a significant example of a Clare tower house, reflecting the defensive and social structures of Gaelic Ireland during the late medieval period.

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Photo: Roger Diel · CC BY-SA 2.0