Kiltartan Castle
Kiltartan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.Photo: dougf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: tower house in County Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Ballinamantain Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thoor Ballylee and Coole Park.
Thoor Ballylee
Castle
Photo: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thoor Ballylee Castle is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. Thoor Ballylee is situated 2½ km northeast of Kiltartan Castle.
Coole Park
Photo: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coole Park is a nature reserve of approximately 1,000 acres located a few miles west of Gort, County Galway, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service, part of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Gort
Railway station
Photo: TheTurfBurner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gort railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. Gort is situated 2½ km south of Kiltartan Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gort and Ardrahan.
Gort
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gort is a town in County Galway in the west of Ireland, with a population of 2900 in 2022. It's in low-lying farming country but is at the edge of the bare limestone plateau of the Burren.
Ardrahan
Village
Photo: Fractal Angel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardrahan is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. Ardrahan is situated 7 km north of Kiltartan Castle.
Shanaglish
Village
Shanaglish is a village in the parish of Beagh in the south of County Galway, Ireland, close to the border with County Clare. The name Shanaglish comes from the Gaelic 'Sean Eaglais', meaning 'old church'. Shanaglish is situated 9 km south of Kiltartan Castle.
Kiltartan Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, castle, building, and historic site
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.09033° or 53° 5′ 25″ northLongitude
-8.80715° or 8° 48′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C5H35RV+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 1054269510OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q54870167
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In Other Languages
“Kiltartan Castle” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Caisleán Chill Tartan”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ballynamantan Lough and Kiltartan Millennium Park.
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