Swords Castle is an early medieval castle located in Swords, County Dublin. Originally built for the Archbishops of Dublin in the early 13th century near the Ward River, some of the castle estate had fallen into disrepair by the 14th and 15th centuries. Swords Castle is situated 1¼ km southeast of Ardcian Park.

Swords Round Tower

Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Swords Round Tower is situated 1¼ km southeast of Ardcian Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swords and Rowlestown.

Swords

Photo: Daisydakotairl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Swords is a town 12 km north of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 41,000. It's historically in County Dublin, which in 1994 was divided, with Swords becoming the county town of Fingal. Dublin Airport is within the town limits and much of Swords is industrial or commuterland for the city, but with an ancient castle and Round Tower.

Rowlestown

Village

Photo: Osioni, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rolestown, is a small village six miles north-west of Swords along the R125 in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. It lies about halfway between Swords and Ashbourne, County Meath. Rowlestown is situated 5 km northwest of Ardcian Park.

Malahide

Photo: Miguel Mendez, CC BY 2.0.

Malahide is a seaside town 18 km northeast of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 18,608. Historically it's part of County Dublin, which was divided so nowadays Malahide is governed by County Fingal.

Ardcian Park

Type: Residential area
Location: Fingal, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.46515° or 53° 27′ 55″ north

Longitude

-6.23852° or 6° 14′ 19″ west

Open location code

9C5MFQ86+3H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 98715610

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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