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Ecclesiastical Site

Inchagoill Island

Ecclesiastical Site
Donore Castle is a three-storey tower house standing approximately 12 metres high on the north bank of the River Boyne in County Meath. The castle was built in the 1430s by the McGeoghegan family, a powerful local clan who dominated the region. The tower was likely constructed under King Henry VI's 1429 initiative to strengthen the defences of the English Pale, which offered £10 to subjects who...

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