One of only two surviving 'hall house' style castles in Ireland, built on the slopes of Kindlestown Hill near Delgany, possibly by Walter de Bendeville. It was seized by the O'Byrne clan in 1377 after they had already burned the nearby Rathdown Castle, and its roofless walls still stand within woodland today.
Visiting Kindlestown Castle (in ruins)
Ruin, freely accessible via woodland path
"One of only two surviving 'hall house' style castles in Ireland, built on the slopes of Kindlestown Hill near Delgany, possibly by Walter de Bendeville."
Where to stay nearby
The closest castle hotel is Clontarf Castle, 26.14 km away in Clontarf, Dublin — Site of a castle built in 1172 by the Norman Hugh de Lacy near the site of the 1014 Battle of Clontarf; the present building is a Victorian reconstruction dating to 1837 designed by William Vitruvius Morrison.
Nearest castle hotel · 26.14 km
Clontarf Castle
Clontarf, Dublin, Co. Dublin · 4-star
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