Castle hotel
Kingscourt
Cabra Castle
A 98-bedroom castellated country house hotel blending original castle rooms with a 17th-century courtyard wing.
Worth the detour
Notable castles to visit
19thc.
Notable castle
Cabra Castle
A 19th-century Neo-Norman and Gothic-style castle near Kingscourt, built for the Foster family and later home to the Pratt family, set within 100 acres of parkland.
13thc.
Notable castle
Cloughoughter Castle
A rare Irish example of a circular lake castle, built on a small artificial island in Lough Oughter by William Gorm de Lacy, later held by the Gaelic O'Rourke and O'Reilly clans.