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Lanestown Castle

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Lanestown Castle is a mid-15th century tower house located on the grounds of Newbridge House Demesne in Donabate, County Dublin. The castle was likely constructed under King Henry VI's £10 grant scheme of 1429, which offered landowners financial incentive to build fortified defensive towers to protect the English Pale around Dublin. The tower house features a typical small defensive design with...

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