Bagenal’s Castle

Bagenal's Castle is a 16th-century fortified house located in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was rediscovered in 1996, where it was found located in the premises of the former McCann's Bakery.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Newry Cathedral and Newry Town Hall.

Newry Cathedral

Church

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The Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Colman or Newry Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Newry, Northern Ireland. It acts as the seat of the Bishop of Dromore, and the Mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore. Newry Cathedral is situated 680 feet northwest of Bagenal’s Castle.

Newry Town Hall

Town hall

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Newry Town Hall is a municipal structure in Bank Parade in Newry, Northern Ireland. It was built on a specially-constructed bridge across the Newry River, which forms part of the historic border between County Armagh and County Down. Newry Town Hall is situated 1,700 feet north of Bagenal’s Castle.

Páirc Esler

Stadium

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Páirc Esler is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Newry, Northern Ireland. While the home ground of Down GAA, most of the ground lies within County Armagh. Páirc Esler is situated 3,600 feet south of Bagenal’s Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newry and Newtowncloghoge.

Newry

Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Newry is a town straddling the boundary between County Down and County Armagh in Northern Ireland, five miles north of the border with the Republic of Ireland.

Newtowncloghoge

Hamlet

Newtowncloghoge is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 357 people. It lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council area, west of the A1 road. Newtowncloghoge is situated 2½ miles south of Bagenal’s Castle.

Sheeptown

Hamlet

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Sheeptown is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies to the northeast of Newry, on the old road between Newry and Rathfriland. Sheeptown is situated 3 miles northeast of Bagenal’s Castle.

Bagenal’s Castle

Type: Public building
Description: fortified house in Newry, County Down
Categories: fortified house, castle, building, historic site, and government building
Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.17299° or 54° 10′ 23″ north

Longitude

-6.33587° or 6° 20′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C6M5MF7+5M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 113526328

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q30970510

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In Other Languages

From Irish to Ukrainian—“Bagenal’s Castle” goes by many names.

Irish: “Caisleán Bagenal”
Ukrainian: “Замок Багеналс”

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