Historické památky v Connachtu

Historic Sites in Ireland

This collection spans five millennia of Irish heritage across the province of Connacht. It features Neolithic passage tombs at Carrowkeel and court cairns like Creevykeel, alongside significant medieval monastic ruins such as Clonmacnoise and Creevelea Abbey. The selection highlights diverse defensive architecture, including the 12th-century Athlone Castle, the 17th-century fortified Portumna Castle, and unique tower houses like Granuaile’s Castle on Clare Island and W.B. Yeats’s former home at Thoor Ballylee.

Historic Sites in Ireland – Mapa

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Kylemore Abbey

Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine Monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

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Spanish Arch

The Spanish Arch and the Caoċ Arch in Galway city, Ireland, are two remaining arches on the Ceann an Bhalla.

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Menlo Castle

Menlo Castle or Menlough Castle, also called Blake's Castle, is a 16th century castle situated on the bank of the River Corrib near Menlo…

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Clonmacnoise Castle

Clonmacnoise is a ruined monastery situated in County Offaly in Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone, founded in 544 by Saint…

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Athlone Castle

Athlone Castle, sometimes known as Adamson Castle, is a castle located in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, dating from the 12th century.

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Roscosmmon Castle

Roscommon is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Ireland.

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Clifden Castle

Clifden Castle is a ruined manor house west of the town of Clifden in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland.

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Westport House

An 18th-century stately home designed by architects Richard Cassels and James Wyatt. Built for the Browne family, descendants of the pirate queen Grace O'Malley, it features 30 rooms open to the public overlooking Clew Bay.

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Thoor Ballylee

Thoor Ballylee Castle is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in…

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Caomhan's Church

Saint Caomhán is the patron saint of Inisheer, the smallest of the Aran Islands.

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McDermott's Castle

McDermott's Castle is a castle and National Monument located in County Roscommon, Ireland.

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Parke's Castle

Parke's Castle is a 17th-century Manor house. It was originally known as Newtowne and is situated on the shore of Lough Gill, County Leitrim…

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Creevykeel burial mound

A well-preserved Neolithic court tomb dating from 4000–2500 BC. The site features a large open-air ritual court leading to a double-chambered gallery and two secondary burial tombs.

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Portumna Castle

Portumna Castle is a semi-fortified house in Portumna, County Galway, Ireland which was built in the early 17th century by Richard Burke,…

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Granuaile's Castle

Granuaile's Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in Clare Island, Ireland.

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Creevelea Abbey

Creevelea Abbey is a medieval Franciscan friary and National Monument located in Dromahair, County Leitrim, Ireland.

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Carrowkeel neolithic site

Carrowkeel is a cluster of passage tombs in south County Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic era.

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Giants Grave

Magheraghanrush Court Tomb is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.