Built in the 15th century for the O'Donoghue clan, this castle on the shores ... during the 17th-century Irish Confederate Wars. Ross Castle's architectural style is purely defensive: it's a ...

Each clan had a Clan Chief and to keep safe, they built stone castles like ones found at Blair, Dunnottar, and Eilean Donan. Fighting between clans happened a lot so clan castles always needed to ...