Doonagore Castle, overlooking Doolin and the Atlantic Ocean

Doonagore Castle is a 14th Century round tower house with a small walled enclosure, located on the outskirts of the small, coastal town of Doolin in County Clare, Ireland. It is also called "the fort of the rounded hills" or the "fort of the goats". The castle sits on a high hill overlooking Doolin and, along with a nearby radio mast, is used as a navigational point by boats approaching Doolin Pier. Doonagore Castle is presently a private residence, inaccessible to the public. (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... A tower house stands on a hillock near Quin along the back road from Limerick to Ennis. ... The defensive wall of BraÅŸov, Romania. ... Doolin harbour in the evening Doolin (Irish: Dúlainn) is a small rural village in County Clare in Ireland. ... Poulnabrone Dolmen in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland, 2004. ... Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support one or more antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting. ...

The castle was built by Teigue MacTurlough MacCon O'Connor from stone drawn from the quarry of Tra Leachain, some time during the 1300s, though some sources date the castle to the subsequent century. It was granted to Sir Turlough O'Brien of Ennistymon (a neighboring town of Doolin) in 1582. In 1588, during the retreat of the Spanish Armada from its failed attempt to invade England, 170 survivors of a Spanish shipwreck were caught by County Clare High Sheriff, Boetius MacClancy, hanged at Doonagore Castle, and buried in a barrow outside of Doolin. Ennistimon or Ennistymon (Irish: Inis Diomáin) is a village in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, near the west coast of Ireland. ... The Spanish Armada (Old Spanish: Grande y Felicissima Armada, large and most fortunate fleet; but called by the British, with ironic intention, la Armada Invencible, the Invincible Fleet) was a fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 in a failed attempt to bring an end to his... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Alternate meanings of barrow: see Barrow_in_Furness for the town of Barrow in Cumbria, England; also Barrow, Alaska in the U.S.; also River Barrow in Ireland. ...

Doonagore Castle was repaired in the early 1800s, but by the middle of that century had again deteriorated in the care of the Nagle family. It was authentically restored again in the 1970s by a private purchaser who currently resides there.