Inch Castle

Inch Castle was constructed circa 1430 on the southern tip of Inch Island in County Donegal by Neachtain O'Donnell, a Gaelic Irish lord, as a gift to his father-in-law Cahir O'Doherty, the Ó Dochartaigh clan chief. The castle formed part of a sophisticated defensive network designed to protect Ó Dochartaigh-controlled Inishowen territory from rival clans and sea-borne threats. Its strategic loc...