Parts of the castle were built and torn down through the ages, but the oldest remaining structure ... where the treaty that granted Irish independence was signed. Many previous visitors ...

The importance of Dublin Castle to Irish history is straightforward enough; it was the home of the British administrations that ruled Ireland up to 1922. In 1204 King John ordered the construction ...

It's now a busy factory churning out one of Northern Ireland's most iconic snacks. Since 1956, the Tayto Group has produced potato chips (or "crisps," as the locals say) inside this castle ...

Castle Sween in Argyll is the oldest such fortification in Scotland ... "the Red", a chieftain of Irish descent and ancestor to the MacSweens. Its curtain walls, which are around two metres ...

Through sheer determination and hard work, this childhood dream eventually manifested itself, and Sean purchased the two castles from the Irish Forestry Board for not an unreasonable sum.

Castle Sween in Argyll is the oldest such fortification in Scotland ... The castle and adjacent loch get their names from Suibhne (Sven) "the Red", a chieftain of Irish descent. Castle Sween gets its ...