Cullahill Castle

Cullahill Castle stands as a dramatic five-storey tower house on a rock outcrop near Cullahill village in County Laois. Built circa 1425 by Finghin MacGillapatrick, it was the principal stronghold of the MacGillapatricks of Upper Ossory, a prominent Gaelic Irish family who ruled this territory in the medieval and early modern periods. The structure exemplifies the tower-house architecture typic...