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| Adare - Norman Castle built c1190 on the banks of the River Maigue |
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| Aughnanure - built c1500 near the shores of the Lough Corrib |
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| Ballymoon was built c1300 by the Carew family |
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| Ballymote was built c1300 in Connaught |
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| Blarney - kiss the famous Blarney Stone, housed in this beautiful castle in Co. Cork |
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| Bunratty Castle, County Clare |
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| Cahir Castle, County Tipperary |
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| Norman Carlow Castle built c1200 by William Marshall |
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| Carrickfergus - Norman Castle built c1200 |
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| Norman Castle built c1300 on the banks of the River Suir |
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| Dublin Massive fortress. Origin of name: 'Dubh Linn' meaning Black Pool - which was on the site of the present Castle garden. Built on the banks of the River Liffey |
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| Norman Dundrum built c1190 by John de Courcy |
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| Norman Dunluce built c1190 on the banks of the River Maigue |
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| Irish Castle built c1450 by Sir Rowland Plunkett, Chief Justice of the King's Bench |
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| Charleville Castle, County Offaly |
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| Gleninagh Norman built on the banks of Galway Bay |
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| Glenveagh Castle, County Donegal |
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| Greencastle Castle built at the mouth of Carlingford Lough |
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| Kilkenny was built c1190 on the banks of the River Nore |
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| Mallow was built on the banks of the River Blackwater at Mallow |
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| Old Crom was built on the banks of Lough Erne |
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| Ormond Castle,County Tipperary |
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| Rathmacknee Castle - a tower house in South Leinster |
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| Ross was built c1600 on the banks of Killarney's Lower Lake |
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| Slade - Norman Castle built c1190 |
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| Swords was built c1200 as the manorial residence of the Archbishops of Dublin |
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| Trim Norman Castle built c1190 |
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| Tullynally Castle, County Westmeath |
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Castles in Ireland and Locations |
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