Rating
4/5 (based on Google user reviews)
User Reviews
roy sendall (10 months ago)
Just for looking at from the outside but the walk along the seashore is spectacular
Just for looking at from the outside but the walk along the seashore is spectacular
Kent English (10 months ago)
The castle was fenced off with no access to get closer than 30 yards.
The castle was fenced off with no access to get closer than 30 yards.
Gorka Kortabarria (13 months ago)
Axel Müller (16 months ago)
Peter Moore (2 years ago)
A stunning castle, built in 1305 by Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster. Northburgh (Greencastle) Castle was sited to control Lough Foyle. It has one of the most significant and splendid gatehouses of the Anglo-Norman castles of Ireland with fine sandstone detailing. The castle is easily found/accessed through two gated entrances, although the shore is said to be the best vantage point for it. There is access to the vaulted cellar levels, but there is loose stonework, so caution is urged. William Donn de Burgh (William de Burgh), 3rd Earl of Ulster and grandson of Richard Óg de Burgh, had his cousin Sir Walter Liath de Burgh starved to death in the castle in 1332. His murder aged 20, as revenge for the act led to the Burke Civil War.
A stunning castle, built in 1305 by Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster. Northburgh (Greencastle) Castle was sited to control Lough Foyle. It has one of the most significant and splendid gatehouses of the Anglo-Norman castles of Ireland with fine sandstone detailing. The castle is easily found/accessed through two gated entrances, although the shore is said to be the best vantage point for it. There is access to the vaulted cellar levels, but there is loose stonework, so caution is urged. William Donn de Burgh (William de Burgh), 3rd Earl of Ulster and grandson of Richard Óg de Burgh, had his cousin Sir Walter Liath de Burgh starved to death in the castle in 1332. His murder aged 20, as revenge for the act led to the Burke Civil War.
