Dough Castle
Dough Castle is a ruined tower house at Lahinch in County Clare, western Ireland. It was established by the O'Conors in the early 14th century, but nothing remains of the original structures.Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lahinch Golf Club and Moy House.
Lahinch Golf Club
Building
Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lahinch Golf Club is a links golf course in western Ireland, in the town of Lahinch on the northwest coast of County Clare in northern Munster. It is situated approximately thirty-two kilometres northwest of the town of Ennis. Lahinch Golf Club is situated 360 metres northeast of Dough Castle.
Moy House
Guest house
Photo: The Banner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moy House is a Georgian country house hotel in County Clare, Ireland, about 3 kilometres south of Lahinch off the N67 road near the village of Moy. Originally set in 15 acres of woodland on the River Moy, it was built in the mid 18th century as the holiday home of Sir Augustine Fitzgerald. Moy House is situated 1½ km south of Dough Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lahinch and Liscannor.
Lahinch
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lahinch is a small seaside resort in County Clare in the west of Ireland. In Irish it's An Leacht, "the peninsula" and also known as Leacht Uí Chonchubhair, "Cairn of O'Connor" for the chieftain slain at Dough Castle.
Liscannor
Village
Photo: Liscannorman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lahinch is a small seaside resort in County Clare in the west of Ireland. In Irish it's An Leacht, "the peninsula" and also known as Leacht Uí Chonchubhair, "Cairn of O'Connor" for the chieftain slain at Dough Castle. Liscannor is situated 3 km west of Dough Castle.
Ennistimon
Town
Photo: Chairego apc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ennistymon or Ennistimon is a country market town in County Clare, near the west coast of Ireland. The River Inagh, with its small rapids known as the Cascades, runs through the town, behind the main street. Ennistimon is situated 4 km east of Dough Castle.
Dough Castle
- Type: Ruin
- Description: ruined tower house in western Ireland
- Categories: castle ruin, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Danish to German—“Dough Castle” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Dough Castle”
- Galician: “Castelo Dough”
- German: “Dough Castle”
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