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Portrane Castle

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Portrane Castle is a three-storey square tower house in north County Dublin, built during the late medieval period, likely in the 15th or 16th century. Its construction aligns with the widespread expansion of tower houses in the Pale following a 1429 statute that encouraged such defensive structures among Anglo-Norman settlers. An inquisition record of 1541 confirms it was already an establishe...

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