Swords Castle is an early medieval castle located in Swords, County Dublin. Originally built for the Archbishops of Dublin in the early 13th century near the Ward River, some of the castle estate had fallen into disrepair by the 14th and 15th centuries. Swords Castle is situated 1½ km southeast of Murrough Road.

Swords Round Tower

Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Swords Round Tower is situated 1¼ km southeast of Murrough Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swords and Rowlestown.

Swords

Photo: Daisydakotairl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Swords is a town 12 km north of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 41,000. It's historically in County Dublin, which in 1994 was divided, with Swords becoming the county town of Fingal. Dublin Airport is within the town limits and much of Swords is industrial or commuterland for the city, but with an ancient castle and Round Tower.

Rowlestown

Village

Photo: Osioni, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rolestown, is a small village six miles north-west of Swords along the R125 in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. It lies about halfway between Swords and Ashbourne, County Meath. Rowlestown is situated 5 km northwest of Murrough Road.

Malahide

Photo: Miguel Mendez, CC BY 2.0.

Malahide is a seaside town 18 km northeast of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 18,608. Historically it's part of County Dublin, which was divided so nowadays Malahide is governed by County Fingal.

Murrough Road

Type: Bus stop
Wheelchair access: yes
Category: transportation
Location: Fingal, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.46577° or 53° 27′ 57″ north

Longitude

-6.23979° or 6° 14′ 23″ west

Operator

Dublin Bus

Network

Dublin Bus

Open location code

9C5MFQ86+83

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1142031880

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

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