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Castles in County Carlow

9 castles, from Norman keeps to the tower houses that Gaelic and Anglo-Irish families raised in their hundreds — and the ones that are now four walls and a jackdaw.

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The castles

Ballyloughan Castle

Ruin 52.837, -6.774 Wikipedia ↗ Show on a map ↗

Ballyloughan Castle is a ruined castle and National Monument near Bagenalstown, County Carlow in Ireland. A twin-towered gatehouse, the hall and foundations of one of the corner towers, dating to about 1300, remain.

Ballymoon Castle

Ballymoon Castle (Irish: Caisleán Baile Muáin) is a National Monument situated 2 miles (3 km) east of Bagenalstown, County Carlow, Ireland. The castle is thought to date from the 13th century.

Carlow Castle, County Carlow
Photograph: Age Bosma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Carlow Castle

Carlow Castle (Irish: Caisleán Cheatharlach) is located near the River Barrow in County Carlow, Ireland. It was built between 1207 and 1213, and is a National Monument of Ireland.

Castlemore Moat

Castlemore Moat is a motte-and-bailey and National Monument in County Carlow, Ireland.

Clogrennane Castle

Ruin 52.809, -6.966 Wikipedia ↗ Show on a map ↗

Clogrennane Castle is a ruined castle in County Carlow, Ireland, near Clogrennane, about two miles from Carlow on the River Barrow on the county border with County Laois.

Clonmore Castle

Norman 52.828, -6.572 Wikipedia ↗ Show on a map ↗

Clonmore Castle is a 13th century Anglo-Norman castle located in Clonmore, County Carlow, Ireland. The castle is roughly square in plan with rectangular towers at the southern sides of the courtyard. Due to a lack of heritage preservation, most of the castle is now covered in ivy, and large gaps have appeared in the north and west walls.

Huntington Castle, Clonegal, County Carlow
Photograph: Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Huntington Castle, Clonegal

Huntington Castle, also known as Clonegal Castle, is a castle in Clonegal, County Carlow, Ireland, built in 1625. It is now a private house open to the public for guided tours throughout June, July, August and September.

Leighlinbridge Castle

Leighlinbridge Castle, also called Black Castle, is in the village of Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland, on the River Barrow. The early castle was built c.1181 for the Normans. In the 1540s a Carmelite friary was converted into a new fort by Edward Bellingham.

Tinnahinch Castle

Tower house 52.538, -6.957 Wikipedia ↗ Show on a map ↗

Tinnahinch Castle (Irish: Caislean Tigh na hInse) is a ruined tower house located near River Barrow in Tinnahinch, County Carlow, Ireland. It has a rectangular structure with a stair tower at the southwest angle, a machicolation between the angles of the two towers protecting the doorway, and a bartizan on the north east angle.

Descriptions are Wikipedia's own opening lines, used under CC BY-SA 4.0 with a link to each article; the list and the coordinates come from the same place. Nothing here is a guide to access — many of these are private homes or stand in private fields.

Older than the castles

What stood in Carlow before anybody thought of building a keep.

Castles nearby

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