Threecastles Castle
Threecastles Castle is a three-storey tower house situated near Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is protected as a national monument.Photo: Hamish Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: Irish National Monument
- Also known as: “Three Castles”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Blessington GAA.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Mary's Church is a Church of Ireland church located in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland. The church was built by Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Armagh in the 1670s and 1680s, and dedicated on 17 September 1683. St Mary’s Church is situated 3 km west of Threecastles Castle.
Blessington GAA
Sports venue
Blessington Gaelic Athletic Association is a Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland. Blessington GAA is situated 3½ km west of Threecastles Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilbride and Blessington.
Kilbride
Village
Photo: Hamish Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilbride, or Manor Kilbride, is a village, civil parish and electoral division in County Wicklow, Ireland, located at the western edge of the Wicklow Mountains in the barony of Talbotstown Lower.
Blessington
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blessington is a small town in County Wicklow, with a population in 2022 of about 5600. It's west of the Wicklow mountains and this part of the county is low-lying and rural.
Lacken
Hamlet
Lacken or Lackan is a townland and small village in the west of County Wicklow, Ireland, located on the shores of the Blessington lakes and western edge of the Wicklow Mountains. Lacken is situated 4½ km south of Threecastles Castle.
Threecastles Castle
- Categories: castle, building, and historic site
- Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.18173° or 53° 10′ 54″ northLongitude
-6.48738° or 6° 29′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C5M5GJ7+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 553974997OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q20541600
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Threecastles Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “Château de Threecastles”
- German: “Threecastles Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Bhaile na dTrí Chaisleán”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Трікастл”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Woodend Hill and Kilbride GAA.
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