Ross Castle

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Ross Castle is a 15th-century lakeside tower house and popular heritage site near Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Ross Castle canonical 4

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle
heritage site
tower house
architecturalStyle late medieval Irish tower house
builder O’Donoghue clan
builtFor O’Donoghue Mór
completionDate 15th century
constructionStart 15th century
coordinateLocation 52.041°N 9.531°W
country Ireland
distanceFromKillarneyTown about 2 kilometres
elevation approximately 20 metres
functionToday museum
garrisonCommanderAtSurrender Lord Muskerry
linked to: Lord Offaly
garrisonedDuring Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
hasBoatTours true
hasFeature battlements
bawn
corner towers
curtain wall
machicolations
murder hole
spiral staircase
hasLegend O’Donoghue leaping into the lake
hasRestoration 20th century restoration
hasVisitorCentre true
heritageDesignation National Monument of Ireland
Protected Structure
historicalRegion Desmond
locatedInNationalPark Killarney National Park
locatedOn Lough Leane
location County Kerry
Ireland
Killarney
managedBy Office of Public Works
materialUsed stone
near Innisfallen Island
Killarney town centre
linked to: Killarney

Muckross House
offersGuidedTours true
openToPublic true
ownedBy Office of Public Works
partOf Killarney lakes landscape
linked to: Lakes of Killarney
periodOfSignificance late Middle Ages
surrenderedTo Parliamentarian forces
touristAttraction true
usedFor defence
residence
tourism
yearOfSurrender 1652

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Kerry hasTouristAttraction Ross Castle
subject linked to: Kerry
County Kerry hasHistoricSite Ross Castle
Loch Léin hasShoreFeature Ross Castle