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Encyclopedia > Castles in Northern Ireland

The following is a partial list of Castles in Northern Ireland: Motto: [citation needed] (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair...

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County Antrim

Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Antrim Area: 2,844 km² Population (est. ... Ballygally Castle is a castle in the village of Ballygally, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located approximately 3 miles north of Larne. ... Belfast Castle Belfast Castle is set in the grounds of Cavehill Country Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Carrickfergus Castle is a Norman castle in Northern Ireland, situated beside the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim and on the shore of Belfast Lough in the northeast of Ireland. ... Castle Upton is a castle situated in the village of Templepatrick, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. ... lots of issues | leave me a message 11:01, 2 September 2005 (UTC) Like something out of a Tolkien fantasy, the ruins of Dunluce Castle have a desolate, awe-inspiring grandeur as they rise dramatically from a precipitous basaltic rock standing over a hundred-feet sheer above the wild and... Dunseverick Castle is situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, near the small village of Dunseverick and the Giants Causeway . ... Kinbane Castle is situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on a long, narrow limestone headland projecting into the sea, approximately 5km from Ballycastle on the road to Ballintoy. ... The ruin of Olderfleet Castle tower house built by the Scots Bisset family in the 13th Century. ...

County Londonderry

Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Derry Area: 2,074 km² Population (est. ... Drenagh is a garden at Limavady, County Down, Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, on the road to Coleraine. ...

County Armagh

Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Armagh Area: 1,254 km² Population (est. ... Creevekeeran Castle is a castle in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. ... Gosford Castle is situated in Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. ... Moyry Castle Moyry Castle is situated in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. ... Tynan Abbey, County Armagh, Northern Ireland was the home of the Stronge family until the 1980s. ...

County Down

Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ... Ardglass Castle is situated in Ardglass, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Audleys Castle Audleys Castle, is a 16th century castle located near Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Completed in 1852 for The Hon Robert Edward Ward, this imposing building is not so much a castle as an elegant mansion in the Elizabethan-Jacobean revival style. ... Bright Castle is a castle in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Clough Castle Clough Castle is situated in Clough, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Cowd Castle is a castle situated in Ardglass, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Clandeboye was the name of a branch of the Clann Ó Neill of Tír Eógain who settled in what is now south Antrim and north Down, giving their name to the territory. ... Dundrum Castle Dundrum Castle is a Norman castle, situated in the town of Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Greencastle is a castle in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Jordans Castle is a castle situated in Ardglass, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Kilclief Castle (Ordnance Survey ref: J597457) is a tower-house castle beside Strangford Lough and 2. ... Killyleagh Castle Killyleagh Castle is a castle situated in Killyleagh, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Kirkistown Castle is a castle situated near Cloghy, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... The official entrance of Hillsborough Castle Hillsborough Castle in County Down is a mansion in Northern Ireland. ... Margarets Castle is a castle situated in Ardglass, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Narrow Water Castle is a tower house near Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland, located on the County Down bank of the Clanrye River, which enters Carlingford Lough a mile to the south. ... Portaferry Castle is a castle situated in Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Quintin Castle Quintin Castle is a castle situated in County Down, Northern Ireland, about 4km east of Portaferry. ... Quoile Castle Quoile Castle is a castle situated near Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, just off the main road from Downpatrick to Strangford. ... Sketrick Castle is a castle situated near Killinchy, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Strangford Castle is a castle situated in Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland. ...

County Fermanagh

Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Enniskillen Area: 1,691 km² Population (est. ... Castle Balfour is a castle situated just off the Main Street of Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. ... Enniskillen Castle Enniskillen Castle is situated in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. ... Monea Castle. ... Necarne Castle or Castle Irvine, as it was formerly known, is situated within walking distance of Irvinestown in the lakeland County of Fermanagh. ... Tully Castle Tully Castle is a castle situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, near the village of Blaney, on Blaney Bay on the southern shore of Lower Lough Erne. ...

County Tyrone

Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Omagh Area: 3,155 km² Population (est. ... Benburb Castle is a castle situated in Benburb, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ... Castle Caulfield is a castle situated in Castlecaulfield, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ... Harry Averys Castle is situated half a mile south-west of Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ... Killymoon Castle is a castle situated about one mile south east of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland near the Ballinderry River. ... Mountjoy Castle is situated near the village of Mountjoy, in Magheralamfield townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on a hill overlooking Lough Neagh. ... Roughan Castle is a castle situated near Newmills, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the Dungannon to Stewartstown road. ... Stuart Castle Stewart Castle (also known as Newtownstewart Castle) is situated in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ...

County Monaghan

  • Castle Leslie

Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Monaghan Code: MN Area: 1,294 km² Population (2006) 55,816 Website: www. ...

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Northern Ireland (1732 words)
One of Ireland's four ancient kingdoms, Ulster covered the six counties of Northern Ireland (along with three counties now in the Republic of Ireland).
Northern Ireland was formed in 1921, when those of Protestant English and Scottish decent were a far greater percentage of the population than today.
Old castles and the crumbling stone structures of ancient friaries dot the land, but it is some of the world's most beautiful coastline scenery of which county Antrim boasts.
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