Bunratty Castle is the last remaining castle on this site which began as a Viking trading camp in 970. Built in 1425 and restored in 1954, the castle is furnished with art and tapestries from the ...

Hidden away from tourist trails, Ireland’s lesser-known castles, abbeys and hillforts offer atmospheric ruins and ancient ...

Over a period of 20 years, it was built and is the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland. Today it is just a ruin with only the keep remaining intact.

A gorgeous little sprawl straddling the River Nore in Ireland’s southeast, ... Its imposing Anglo-Norman castle and 13th-century cathedral bookend the Medieval Mile, ...

COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND—Excavations at Carrickfergus Castle by a team from Queen’s University have revealed a Victorian-era tunnel into the Great Hall of the 800-year-old fortification ...

GALWAY, IRELAND—The Irish Times reports that limestone walls uncovered in Galway during the restoration of a fifteenth-century manor house may be part of a castle built in 1232. Called the ...

With over 4,000 castle on the Emerald Isle, you don’t have to look far for the royal treatment in Ireland.However, not all castles are created equal, nor have they all been turned into stately ...