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Termofeckin Castle. |
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(Church land of St Feichin.) This is a three storey fifteenth century battlemented tower house, it was used as Episcopal palace of the medieval archbishops of Armagh, who preferred for reasons of safety to live within the Pale, rather than at their Archiepiscopal seat in Armagh city. The castle is situated just a little to the south of the village of Termofeckin, it appears to be located on private land.
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Roodstown
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| This well preserved four storey tower house was built in the fifteenth century. It has a rectangular central block with diagonally opposed square towers at opposite corners. This configuration is fairly common in Scotland, but this is the only example of that type from this period in Ireland.
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Ardee
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| Ardee Castle was built in the 13th Century Robert de Pipart. During the Williamite Wars both William III and King James II are said to have stayed in Ardee Castle.
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| Castle Name | Condition | Description | Time Period Contructed | Founded by | Parish | Map Ref |
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| Ardee Castle (St. Leger's Castle) | Complete | tower house 13th century, now a courthouse. | 15th century | de Peppard (1207), | Ardee | N962907 |
| Balley Castle | ||||||
| Ballug Castle | Ruin | |||||
| Ballymascanlon Castle | None | |||||
| Balrichen castle (Balbriggan Castle) | Ruins | |||||
| Belrobin Castle | None | |||||
| Byrne’s Folly (Dun Dealgan Motte) | Ruin | J029083 | ||||
| Castle Bellingham | Complete | Now
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| Castletown Castle | Complete | J032087 | ||||
| Clonkeen Castle | Ruins | |||||
| Clonmore Castle | Ruins | |||||
| Darver Castle | Complete | |||||
| Drogheda Castles | Mill Mount is an Anglo-Norman motte built on a prehistoric mound. On the opposite side of the River Boyne is the 13th century St Lawrence's Gate, which may be the remains of the barbican of another castle. | North of river from St. Laurence's Gate | de Lacy (c1180s) | N 0976 | ||
| Dromiskin Castle (Dromisken Castle) | ||||||
| Dunmahon Castle | Partial | A 15th century towerhouse. | J036021 | |||
| Glaspistole Castle (Clogher Castle, Kilclogher Castle) | Ruins | |||||
| Hatch's Castle | Complete | tower house. | N962905 | |||
| Heynestown Castle | ||||||
| King John's Castle | Ruin | A "D" shaped stone enclosure castle of the late 12th century with a 13th century hall block. | de Lacy (c1200) | Carlingford | J188120 | |
| Knock Abbey Castle | Complete | |||||
| Milltown castle (Louth Castle, Fairy Mount) | Partial | A 12th century motte | (S of Heynestown) | 16th century tower | O034993 | |
| Monasterboise Round Tower | Round Tower | O043827 | ||||
| Mount Ash | An Anglo-Norman motte castle with remains of stonework. | H 9514 | ||||
| Roche Castle (Castleroche, Castlellum de Rupe, de la Roche) | Ruin | A 13th century stone enclosure castle containing the remains of an earlier great tower. | de Verdun (1236-74) - | H991119 | ||
| Roodstown Castle | Partial | A 15th century four-storeyed rectangular towerhouse. | Ardee | N996925 | ||
| Slane Castle | Complete | |||||
| Smarmore Castle | Complete | Towerhouse | (c1320) | |||
| St Laurence's Gate | (c1250) | Drogheda | O092753 | |||
| Taaffe's Castle | Partial | 16th century towerhouse. | J189117 | |||
| Termonfeckin Castle | Partial | A 15th/16th century towerhouse. | 15th/16th century tower-house | Termonfeckin | O143803 | |
| The Mint | Complete | 16th century towerhouse. | J189116 |
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