328 castles recorded, 7 with a full guide, 2 bookable as castle hotels.
A wild-Atlantic-set castle hotel with 450 acres and famous salmon fisheries, opened to the public after the Irish Tourism Board bought the estate in 1949.
A genuine 17th-century fortified house run for decades as a well-regarded family B&B, now operating as small-scale guest accommodation.
A six-storey tower house built by the O'Flaherty clan ('the Fighting O'Flahertys'), who dominated the region from the 14th to 17th centuries, occupying land near the banks of Lough Corrib.
Built in 1236 by Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught, as part of the Anglo-Norman consolidation of the region around Loughrea, an important market town that grew up around the de Burgh stronghold and later medieval friary..
A dramatic three-storey hall-keep built to guard a strategic ford on the Clareen River, at the heart of the walled Norman town of Athenry.
Built in 1520 by the O'Hynes clan on the shores of Galway Bay near Kinvara, its name means 'the Fort of Guaire', after the legendary 6th-century King of Connacht, Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin.
A 15th-century tower house near Athenry associated with the Daly family, illustrating the network of minor Gaelic and Anglo-Norman tower houses that once studded the east Galway countryside surrounding the larger Athenry Castle..
A picturesque riverside ruin on the banks of the River Corrib just outside Galway city, Menlo Castle was the seat of the powerful Blake family, one of the 'Tribes of Galway'.
Built by Richard de Burgh, 4th Earl of Clanricarde, as the power base of the de Burgo (Burke) family, it combines defensive medieval features with early Renaissance symmetry and formal gardens, making it a unique transitional example of early-17th-century Irish architecture.
Sourced from the National Monuments Service Sites and Monuments Record — ruins, tower houses and earthworks alongside the famous names.