Thoor Ballylee

Thoor Ballylee Castle is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of in , .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kiltartan Castle.

Ruins
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is a tower house and National Monument located in , . is situated 2½ km southwest of Thoor Ballylee.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gort and Ardrahan.

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in 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.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , Ireland. is situated 6 km north of Thoor Ballylee.

Thoor Ballylee

Latitude
53.10313° or 53° 6′ 11″ north
Longitude
-8.77511° or 8° 46′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C5H463F+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 350687341
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q4185820
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Thoor Ballylee” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Thoor Ballylee”
  • German: “Thoor Ballylee”
  • Hebrew: “ת’ור בלילי”
  • Japanese: “トール・バリリー”
  • Russian: “Замок Баллили”
  • Russian: “Замок Бэллили”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Беллілі”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sinkhole and Church (ruins).

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