Dunsoghly Castle

Built in the mid-1400s, Dunsoghly Castle is attributed to either Sir Thomas Plunkett (Chief Justice of the Common Pleas) or Rowland Plunkett. It stands at four storeys high, and boasts the last original 15th century wooden roof to survive in Ireland; both Rothe House in Kilkenny and Bunratty Castle in Clare were modelled after it. Sir John Plunkett is attributed with building the small chapel...