O’Doherty’s Keep
O’Doherty’s Keep is a ruins in County Donegal, Ulster. O’Doherty’s Keep is situated nearby to Buncrana Castle, as well as near the health club JDV Buncrana.Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: tower house or keep in County Donegal, Ireland
- Also known as: “O’Doherty’s Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Buncrana Castle and Ned’s Point Fort.
Ned’s Point Fort
Fort
Photo: Paddyhickey, Public domain.
Ned's Point Fort is one of several Napoleonic batteries built along the shores of Lough Swilly in county Donegal, to defend the north west of Ireland. It was part of a scheme to fortify Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle against French Invasion during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Ned’s Point Fort is situated 770 metres west of O’Doherty’s Keep.
Buncrana Library
Library
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buncrana Library is situated 1 km southeast of O’Doherty’s Keep.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buncrana and Fahan.
Buncrana
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buncrana is a town on Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal, on the shores of Lough Swilly. The main reason to come is to explore Inishowen Peninsula, the northern tip of the Irish mainland.
Fahan
Village
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0.
Fahan is a district of Inishowen in the north of County Donegal, Ireland, located 5 km south of Buncrana. In Irish, Fahan is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of Fahan, an early Christian monastery. Fahan is situated 6 km south of O’Doherty’s Keep.
Rathmullan
Village
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rathmullan is a seaside village and townland on the Fanad Peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated on the western shore of Lough Swilly, 11 kilometres north-east of Ramelton and 12 km east of Milford. Rathmullan is situated 7 km southwest of O’Doherty’s Keep.
O’Doherty’s Keep
- Categories: tower house, castle, building, and historic site
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.1398° or 55° 8′ 23″ northLongitude
-7.46278° or 7° 27′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C7J4GQP+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1137380388OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q101472808
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In Other Languages
“O’Doherty’s Keep” goes by many names.
- French: “donjon d’O’Doherty”
- French: “Donjon d’O’Doherty”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include JDV Buncrana and G.I Gym.
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