Ireland Castles

Ireland Castles posts cover the medieval and later fortified houses spread across the country, many of them now in state care. Articles look at the ring of Anglo-Norman tower houses including Cahir, Bunratty and Trim, the elaborate sixteenth-century fortified houses such as Dunsoghly and Aughnanure, the eighteenth-century country houses like Castletown and Powerscourt, the Cliffs of Moher’s O’Brien’s Tower and the iconic Blarney Castle with its kissing stone. There are practical notes on which sites are managed by the OPW with combined ticket options and on which are in private hands and only open seasonally.