Ardamullivan Castle
Ardamullivan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
The castles
Arkin's Castle
Arkin's Castle (Irish: Caisleán Aircín) is a 13th-century ruined castle on the island of Inishmore, County Galway, Ireland. It is owned by the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment of Ireland.
Athenry Castle
Athenry Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in Athenry, Ireland.
Aughnanure Castle
Aughnanure Castle is a tower house near Oughterard on the N59, in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. It was built by the O'Flaherty family in the late 15th century and fully restored in the 1960s. Today it is open to visitors from March to November.
Ballymore Castle
Ballymore Castle in Lawrencetown, County Galway, Ireland was originally a 15th-century tower house belonging to O'Madden. A house was added in 1620, and the castle has been much altered since then.
Ballynahinch Castle
Ballynahinch Castle is a former Irish country house and estate, built on the site of a former castle, which is now a luxury hotel set in a private estate in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland.
Blake's Castle
Blake's Castle (Irish: Caisléan an Bhlácaigh) is an urban tower house built around 1470. The castle was used as the Galway County Gaol from 1686 to 1810. It is located on Quay Street in Galway City, Ireland.
Caherkinmonwee Castle
Caherkinmonwee Castle, also known as Caher Castle, is a tower house located in County Galway, Ireland.
Castle Hackett
Castle Hackett is a ruined 13th-century tower house at the base of Knockma Hill, 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Tuam in the parish of Caherlistrane, County Galway, Ireland. It is located near Belclare in the townland of Castlehacket (Irish: Caisleán an Haicéadaigh).
Castlekirk
Castlekirk, also called Hen's Castle, is a tower house and National Monument located in Lough Corrib, Ireland.
Clifden Castle
Clifden Castle is a ruined manor house west of the town of Clifden in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. It was built c. 1818 for John D'Arcy, the local landowner, in the Gothic Revival style. It fell into disrepair after becoming uninhabited in 1894.
Clonbrock Castle
Clonbrock Castle is a 15th-century tower house near Ahascragh in County Galway, Ireland. It was owned by the Dillon family, who were later created Barons Clonbrock.
Cloonacauneen Castle
Cloonacauneen Castle is a restored 15th-century tower house with an attached wing. It is privately owned, and is located in the northeast outskirts of Galway city in County Galway, Ireland.
Cloonigny Castle
Cloonigny Castle is a ruined tower house and moated site in the townland of Cloonigny in County Galway, Ireland. The castle site, which is a protected national monument, is 4 km (2½ mile) northeast of Kilconnell.
Daly Castle
Daly Castle or Castledaly, formerly known as "Corbally", is a castle ruin located in County Galway, Ireland. It is in the townland of Castledaly (Irish: An Corrbhaile).
Derryhiveny Castle
Derryhiveny Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Drumharsna Castle
Drumharsna Castle (Irish: Caisleán Dhroimm Tharsna) is a tower house near Ardrahan, County Galway, in Ireland.
Dunguaire Castle
Dunguaire Castle (Irish: Dún Guaire) is a 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland, near Kinvara (also spelled Kinvarra). The name derives from the dun (fort) of King Guaire, the legendary king of Connacht.
Dunmore Castle
Dunmore Castle is a castle and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Dunsandle Castle
Dunsandle Castle is a 15th-century tower house near Athenry, County Galway, in Ireland.
Eyrecourt Castle
Eyrecourt Castle (or Eyre Court) was an Irish 17th century country house in Galway which became a ruin in the 20th century. The house, the surrounding estate, and the nearby small town of Eyrecourt all took their name from Colonel the Right Hon.
Feartagar Castle
Feartagar Castle, also called Jennings Castle, is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Fiddaun Castle
Fiddaun Castle is a tower house in Tubber, County Galway, close to the border of County Clare in Ireland. It is a National Monument of Ireland.
Garbally Castle
Garbally castle is a late medieval tower house located in the parish of Skehana, County Galway.
Glinsk Castle
Glinsk Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Isert Kelly Castle
Isert Kelly Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Killeen Castle, Castlegar
Killeen Castle (Irish: Caisleán a' Chillín) is a 15th-century tower house in Killeen townland, near Castlegar, County Galway, on the western coast of Ireland. Originally built in 1493, the tower house and surrounding estate is historically associated with Blake family, one of the 14 tribes of Galway.
Kiltartan Castle
Kiltartan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Lough Cutra Castle
Lough Cutra Castle is a privately owned 19th-century castle located near Gort in south County Galway, Ireland. The castle was designed by English architect John Nash for Colonel Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort. Construction started in 1811 and was completed in 1817.
Lynch's Castle
Lynch's Castle (Irish: Caisleán an Linsigh) is a fortified townhouse in Galway City, Ireland. It was built by the Lynch family, which was one of the Tribes of Galway. Today, it operates as an AIB Bank and is located on Shop Street.
Menlo Castle
Menlo Castle or Menlough Castle (Irish: Caisleán Mhionlaigh), also called Blake's Castle, is a 16th-century castle situated on the bank of the River Corrib near Menlo village in County Galway, Ireland.
Merlinpark Castle
Merlinpark Castle or Merlin Castle is a tower house and national monument located in County Galway, Ireland, close to the grounds of Merlin Park University Hospital.
O'Brien's Castle (Inisheer)
O'Brien's Castle, also called Furmina Castle, is an early 15th century tower house and National Monument located on Inisheer, Ireland.
Oranmore Castle
Oranmore Castle is a castle in Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland.
Pallas Castle
Pallas Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. According to visitgalway.ie, it is "one of the best-preserved examples of a tower house in Ireland", surrounded as it is by a bawn wall with four corner towers and a gatehouse.
Portumna Castle
Portumna Castle is a semi-fortified house in Portumna, County Galway, Ireland which was built in the early 17th century by Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde.
Thoor Ballylee
Thoor Ballylee Castle (Irish Túr Bhaile Uí Laí) is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It is also known as Yeats's Tower because it was once owned and inhabited by the poet William Butler Yeats.
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 Galway before anybody thought of building a keep.