Bunratty Castle is the last remaining castle on this site which began as a Viking trading camp in 970. Built in 1425 and restored in 1954, the castle is furnished with art and tapestries from the 15th ...

Dunguaire Castle is a popular stop on west Ireland tours. Find out where it’s located, why it’s famous, and what to expect ...

From Chuclainn and Finn McCool to the High King of Ireland and Oliver Cromwell, the legacy of our Irish ancestor's struggles live on in this County Louth historic castle. Roche Castle, in County Louth ...

If a man’s home is his castle, what if his castle is his hotel? In Ireland, such a stay isn’t mere hyperbole. A number of historic manors and estates offer swanky five-star accommodations within their ...

Castles in Ireland will make your Irish vacation even more luxurious Traveling to Ireland this year? There's no shortage of wonderful and historic castles across the country that will help elevate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Sabino is an editor and author who writes about travel. Visitors to Ireland often want a castle experience, and there ...

If you’ve ever dreamed that you’re an aristocrat languishing in your silk stockings, enjoying the ennui in your country pile, you’ve dreamed of Ashford Castle, an 800-year-old manor in County Mayo. It ...

CLIFDEN, Ireland -- A castle by any other name? Well, manor house just doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. There are numerous hotels in Ireland that claim castle heritage. And I was determined to ...

The Corscadden family in Ireland owns more castles than the Windsors (four to the royals three, although the queen does, of course, have a slew of palaces, lodges, halls, and manors that she and other ...

The boy who grew up in Ceresville Mansion found himself awestruck by another architectural wonder as an adult: the castles of Ireland. Of course, the historic Frederick site that Dave Reid called home ...

Reporting from Kilmaine, Ireland — Ireland is a proudly haunted island, its landscape defined by ancient cairns and standing stones, by ruined abbeys, castles and cottages. The spectral comes in many ...

We’re always up for a good ghost story. And we especially love a good haunted house yarn. We want to hear as many supernatural tales about specters roaming ancients homes as we can. Whether or not ...