The castle
The original Castlemartyr castle was built in 1210 by the Knights Templar and later owned by Sir Walter Raleigh and Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork; a 17th-century manor house was built by the Boyle family adjacent to the castle ruin, and that manor is the resort's hotel building.
Why stay here
A 5-star resort centred on a 17th-century manor house standing beside the ruins of a genuine 800-year-old medieval castle on the same 220-acre grounds.
