Carraigin Castle

Carraigin Castle's name derives from Irish "carraigín" (carraig, rock + -ín, diminutive suffix), literally meaning "little rock" or "small rock formation." The castle was constructed in 1238 by Adam Gaynard III, a Norman settler whose grandfather participated in the De Burgo colonization of Ireland in the twelfth century. Rather than serving as a military fortress, Carraigin functioned as an el...