Macmine Castle

Macmine Castle was established by the Fitzhenry family, Anglo-Normans who arrived in Ireland during the initial wave of Norman colonization around 1169–1170 AD from Pembroke in Wales. The earliest documented reference to the family at Macmine dates to 1296, when John Fitzhenry held the manor of 'Mawmayne' from William de Valance, Earl of Pembroke, in return for one knight's fee. The castle's ex...