Castle

Ireland has over 3,000 medieval stone tower houses, built by clans as statements of power. Discover the hidden history and daily life inside these striking towers.

Trim Castle in County Meath is Ireland’s largest Norman castle, yet most visitors know little of its remarkable story. Discover eight centuries of history within its ancient walls.

Discover the surprising reality of daily life inside a medieval Irish castle — who slept there, what they ate, and the world hidden behind the stone.

Ireland has more castle ruins than almost any country on Earth. Discover why tens of thousands of stone towers were built across the island — and then simply left behind.

On a stormy night in the 1630s, the kitchen at Dunluce Castle fell into the sea mid-meal. This is the extraordinary story of Ireland’s most dramatic castle ruin.

Discover the secret priest holes hidden inside Irish castles — concealed rooms built to shelter Catholic clergy from execution during Ireland’s Penal Laws era.

Inside Howth Castle near Dublin, an empty place is set at every meal — a 500-year-old demand from pirate queen Grace O’Malley. Here’s why.

Grace O’Malley commanded Irish seas, ran a pirate fleet from Clew Bay, and once sailed to London to negotiate with Queen Elizabeth I herself.

Ireland’s castles hide a deadly secret above every entrance. Learn what murder holes were — and how ordinary people once defended their homes with them.

Irish tower houses — those squat stone towers rising from hillsides across every county — were homes for medieval families. Here is what daily life looked like inside their thick walls.