West Ireland
Connacht
County Galway

O’Brien’s Castle

O'Brien's Castle, also called Furmina Castle, is an early 15th century tower house and National Monument located on , .
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: tower house within ringfort in County Galway, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Furmina Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inis Oírr and Inisheer Aerodrome.

Photo: Patrick.charpiat, CC BY 2.5.
Inis Óirr or Inisheer is the smallest and most easterly of the of in the west of Ireland. It's only 10 km from the Cliffs of Moher on the mainland coast of , and is formed of the same bare limestone as the .

Aerodrome
Photo: Towel401, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is located on the island of , one of the in off the coast of , . This aerodrome is licensed by the Aeronautical Services Department of the Irish Aviation Authority.

Photo: Eskerroe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 400 metres northeast of O’Brien’s Castle.

O’Brien’s Castle

Latitude
53.06206° or 53° 3′ 43″ north
Longitude
-9.51918° or 9° 31′ 9″ west
Open location code
9C5G3F6J+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225690502
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q85790073
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Irish—“O’Brien’s Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “O’Brien’s gaztelua (Inis Oírr)”
  • Basque: “O’Brien’s gaztelua”
  • French: “Château du clan O’Brien”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Uí Bhriain”
  • Irish: “Dún Formna”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Inisheer Signal Tower and Páirc Peile Inis Oírr.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “O’Brien’s Castle”. Photo: Laurel Lodged, CC BY-SA 3.0.