Ireland is known for its castles. The Normans built most of the castles in Ireland between the 11th and 15th century. Some of the castles are still in tact and found new purpose such as Smarmore Castle. There are tens of thousands of castles spread over Ireland, most of them are ruins, but still worth a visit.
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History of the Irish CastleInstead they were fortified homes for chieftains, or Anglo Norman settlers and were designed primarily for defence. Many of these castles are medieval in origin, dating from the 11th to the 15th century.
Killyleagh Castle- County DownThis castle visit takes us all the way up to the north of the country to Killyleagh Castle in Downpatrick, County Down. Parts of the castle date back to 1180 and it is home of Gawn Rowan Hamilton and his family making it the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland.
This is a little known fact; Wales has more castles per square mile than any other country in Europe. Wales' history has left a landscape scattered with Iron Age hill forts, Roman ruins and castles from Medieval Welsh princes and English kings.
The castles are watch towers outside the city walls. The castle is Dublin Castle and is repeated three times because of the mystical significance of the number three. The castles are not castles but represent three gates into the ancient Viking city.
Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and has been the family home of British kings and queens for almost 1,000 years. It is an official residence of Her Majesty The Queen and is still very much a working royal palace today, home to around 150 people.