- Type
- Castle / fortified house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20404217
Knappogue Castle
In Irish: Caisleán na Cnapóige
About Knappogue Castle
Knappogue Castle is one of 1 buildings in Quin the National Inventory rates National. Its record dates Knappogue Castle to 1460–1470. One other place on the record stands within 400 m.
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 20404217↗National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Quin · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Knappogue CastleStart here
- 2Gates, Knappogue CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Like it: nationally rated houses near Quin
Just 5.1 km away stands Dromoland Castle, in Newmarket-On-Fergus. All 7 are pictured and within 40 km. The list reaches Glin Castle in Glin, 40 km away.
Questions about Knappogue Castle
Is Knappogue Castle on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated National (record 20404217).
Can you visit Knappogue Castle?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Knappogue Castle built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1460–1470.
Is Knappogue Castle protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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