Durhamstown Castle
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Durhamstown Castle is a 500 year old towerhouse in County Meath in Ireland.
The precise origins of the building are unknown.
The building is of four-storeys and the ground floor has four vaulted chambers with inserted windows. A square tower with a pointed door which opens to a spiral staircase, can be found at its east wall. There are three tall chimneys clustering at the north end of the nave.
The original castle is believed to have had had another storey which was knocked as a result of a fire.
A 19th century single storey wing was added to the north of the old house.
In the 16th century the building was owned by Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, Lord Deputy of Ireland of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland.
It is one of the oldest continually resided in buildings in Ireland.
See also
| Official and personal residences used by the Irish viceroy 1500s—1922 |
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| Abbeyville | Chapelizod House | Dublin Castle | Durhamstown Castle | St. Wolfstan's | Viceregal Lodge |
| Historic Irish Houses and Castles |
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| Áras an Uachtaráin | Allenstown House | Ardbraccan House | Birr Castle | Blarney Castle | Bunratty Castle | Cahir Castle | Carrickmines Castle | Carton House | Castleknock Castle | Castletown House | Chichester House | Clonalis House | Clontarf Castle | Deerfield |Desmond Castle | Donegal castle | Doonagore Castle | Dromoland Castle | Dublin Castle | Dunboy Castle | Dunguaire Castle | Durhamstown Castle | Emo Court | Farmleigh | Frescati House | Foulksrath Castle | Grianan of Aileach | Howth Castle | Iveagh House | Kilkenny Castle | King John's Castle | Knappogue Castle | Leap Castle | Leinster House | Lismore Castle | Malahide Castle | Mansion House | Mornington House | O'Dea Castle | Ormonde Castle | Parkavonear Castle | Powerscourt House | Rathfarnham Castle | Redwood Castle | Rock of Dunamase | Ross Castle | Russborough House | Slane Castle | Swords Castle | Trim Castle | Tyrone House |
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