Castles and Historic Ruins

This collection spans centuries of Irish defensive and residential architecture across Sligo and Leitrim. It features the restored 17th-century Parke's Castle on Lough Gill and the Gothic Markree Castle, alongside ancient stone ringforts like Cashelore and early Christian ecclesiastical sites such as the Drumcliff Round Tower. The list also includes Napoleonic-era signal towers at Mullaghmore and Streedagh, and the coastal ruins of Killaspugbrone Church, providing a survey of the region's diverse archaeological and architectural heritage.

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…

Drumcliff Round Tower

The remaining base of a 10th or 11th-century early Christian round tower, marking the site of a monastery founded by St. Colmcille in 574 AD.

Markree Castle

A large 19th-century Victorian Gothic manor house and the ancestral home of the Cooper family, set within a private estate on the banks of the River Unshin.

Cashelore

Cashelore, also called Cashel Bir or Bawnboy, is a stone ringfort and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.

Gortlownan Motte

Gortlownan Motte is a motte and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.

Mullaghmore Signal Tower

Ruined Napoleonic-era defensive structure built between 1804 and 1806 as part of a coastal communication chain to warn of potential French invasion.

Killaspugbrone Church

Coastal ruins of an early Christian church founded in the 5th century by St. Patrick for Bishop Bronus. The site includes a historic graveyard overlooking the Atlantic.

Knocklane Castle

Remnants of a coastal fortification situated on a dramatic promontory, historically used as a defensive site overlooking the Atlantic coastline.

Ballincar Castle

Scant ruins of a 16th-century tower house originally belonging to the O'Connor Sligo family.

Drumcondra Castle

Ruined remains of a late medieval tower house and fortification.

Streedagh Signal Tower

A ruined signal tower built in 1804 to defend against French naval threats, situated on the Streedagh coastline near the 1588 Spanish Armada wreck sites.

Knocklane Signal Tower

One of a series of Napoleonic-era defensive signal stations built along the Irish coast in the early 19th century to communicate naval sightings.