Castle, Craggaunowen

Name: Castle
Address: Craggaunowen, Ireland
Telephone: +353 61 360 788

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History museum, Museum, Forts and castles

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Craggaunowen is a 16th-century castle and an archaeological open-air museum in County Clare, Ireland. ()

Coordinates: 52°48'40"N, 8°47'37"W

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Craggaunowen Ireland

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+353 61 360 788

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Nearby attractions include: Quin Abbey, Knappogue Castle, Mooghaun, O'Regan Park.

3 miW
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Monastery
Quin Abbey, Quin
76 min walk • Quin Abbey, in Quin, County Clare, Ireland, was built between 1402 and 1433 by Sioda Cam MacNamara, for Fathers Purcell and Mooney, friars of the Franciscan order. Although mostly roofless, the structure of the abbey is relatively well preserved.
2 miSW
Forts and castles, Historical place, History museum
Knappogue Castle, Craggaunowen
51 min walk • Knappogue Castle is a tower house, built in 1467 and expanded in the mid-19th century, located in the parish of Quin, County Clare, Ireland. It has been restored and is open to guided tours.
4.1 miSW
Forts and castles
Mooghaun
105 min walk • Mooghaun is a late Bronze Age hill fort located in County Clare, Ireland. It is a well preserved, recently excavated site, occupying an entire hill with wide views of the surrounding lands. Believed to be the largest hill fort in Ireland, it is one of the region's main tourist attractions.
5.5 miSW
52°45'32"N • 8°53'34"W
O'Regan Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
140 min walk • Park
4.8 miW
Equestrian trail, Horseback riding tours, Outdoor activities
Ballyhannon Castle, Quin
124 min walk • Ballyhannon Castle is a medieval Irish castle dating back to the 15th century, located near the village of Quin in County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland.
1.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Cullaunyheeda, Craggaunowen
36 min walk • Lough Cullaunyheeda is a freshwater lake in the Mid-West Region of Ireland. It is located in east County Clare.
~500 ftNW
Museum
The Ringfort, Craggaunowen
3 min walk • Craggaunowen is a 16th-century castle and an archaeological open-air museum in County Clare, Ireland. Craggaunowen is located 10 km east of Quin, County Clare. The name Craggaunowen derives from its Irish name Creagán Eoghain. The site is operated by Shannon Heritage.
5.9 miSW
Neighbourhood
Kilnasoolagh, Newmarket-on-Fergus
151 min walk • Kilnasoolagh is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland, and a townland within that parish. Church records mention the parish in 1256.
1.9 miW
Forts and castles
Ballymarkahan Castle, Craggaunowen
48 min walk • Ballymarkahan Castle is a ruined tower house in the parish of Quin, in County Clare, Ireland. It was listed by Irish antiquarian T. J. Westropp as one of the 195 "lesser castles", or peel towers, of County Clare in 1899, by which time it was already a ruin.
5.3 miW
Ruins
Carntemple
135 min walk • Carntemple, once known as Kilbrecan, is a ruined church in the civil parish of Doora, County Clare, Ireland. It may date back to 480 AD. Little remains except the massive foundations.
4.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Ballycar Castle
120 min walk • Ballycar Castle stood in the parish of Newmarket-on-Fergus, near the road between Limerick and Galway, 3 miles from Sixmilebridge, 9 miles from Limerick, and 7 miles from Ennis it was said to have been built before 1570 and was a ruin before 1681 when it was sketched by Thomas Dineley.