Tandragee Castle

Tandragee Castle originally served as the stronghold of the O'Hanlon clan, who ruled the barony of Orior in southern Armagh as Gaelic lords for over a millennium. During the Plantation of Ulster in 1609–1610, the Crown confiscated O'Hanlon lands following the Nine Years' War. Sir Oliver St. John, Lord Deputy and Master of the Ordnance, received the castle and approximately 1,500 acres as part o...