Dunluce Castle

Dunluce Castle is a now-ruined medieval castle in , the seat of Clan MacQuillan. It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in , and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland.
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  • Opening hours:
    February—November: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
    December—January: 9:30 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: on north Irish coast
  • Address: 87 Dunluce Road, Bushmills, BT57 8UY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Giant’s Causeway and Bushmills Railway and Old Bushmills Distillery.

Railway station
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The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway is a 3 ft narrow gauge heritage railway operating between the and on the coast of , . The line is two miles long. is situated 2 miles east of Dunluce Castle.

Distillery
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an Irish whiskey distillery in , , , established in 1784 and owned by Proximo Spirits. is situated 2½ miles east of Dunluce Castle.

Building
is a private golf club in , . The 36-hole club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links and the Valley Links. is situated 2½ miles west of Dunluce Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portballintrae and Bushmills.

Village
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is a small seaside in , . It is four miles east of and two miles west of the .

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is a village historically in , near the coast 60 miles north of Belfast. Its two big attractions are the Old Distillery within the village, and 3 miles northeast, so in summer it's very touristy.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a resort town on the north coast of Northern Ireland, historically within and nowadays part of Causeway Coast and Glens District.

Dunluce Castle

Latitude
55.21096° or 55° 12′ 40″ north
Longitude
-6.5794° or 6° 34′ 46″ west
Elevation
171 feet (52 metres)
Open location code
9C7M6C6C+96
Open­Street­Map ID
way 439002546
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2650708
Wiki­data ID
Q1266167
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Dunluce Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Dunluce gaztelua”
  • Cebuano: “Dunluce Castle”
  • Chinese: “敦魯斯城堡”
  • Chinese: “鄧路斯城堡”
  • Czech: “Dunluce”
  • Dutch: “Dunluce Castle”
  • Finnish: “Dunlucen linna”
  • French: “château de Dunluce”
  • French: “Château de Dunluce”
  • German: “Dunluce Castle”
  • Irish: “Dún Libhse”
  • Italian: “castello di Dunluce”
  • Italian: “Castello di Dunluce”
  • Japanese: “ダンルース城”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Dunluce”
  • Portuguese: “Dunluce Castle”
  • Russian: “Замок Данлюс”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Dunluce”
  • Swedish: “Dunluce Castle”
  • Turkish: “Dunluce Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Данлус”

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