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Regional rating (NIAH)
1800–1824
Address
West Square, Macroom
Type
Gate lodge
NIAH reg. no.
20852025
No photo of it yet
Regional rating (NIAH)

Macroom Castle

West Square, Macroom

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 47 rated Regional in Macroom
GGate lodgeBBuilt 1800–1824
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗Its website ↗

Opening times and tickets are on its own website.

About

About Macroom Castle

Macroom Castle is one of 47 buildings in Macroom the National Inventory rates Regional. Macroom Castle dates from 1800–1824. 46 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 20852025↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes

Macroom · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Macroom CastleStart here
  2. 2Castleville HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Macroom Post OfficeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4Saint Mary's Convent (convent / nunnery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5Saint Colman's Church (Macroom)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Farther afield
Saint Mary's Convent (convent / nunnery)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mD. Murray (house)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mD. Murray (house)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mAras MhuireRegional rating (NIAH)300 mSchool, Saint Mary's ConventRegional rating (NIAH)300 mMacroom CourthouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

15 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegAllid Irish Bank28 mRegMonument, West Square, Macroom28 mRegCastle Garage (house)53 mRegMacroom Market House54 mRegCastle Garage (house)60 mRegHouse, North Square, Main Street, Macroom79 mRegHouse, South Square, Macroom87 mRegHouse, Main Street, Macroom89 mRegHouse, South Square, Macroom91 mRegHouse, South Square, Macroom95 mRegCastleville House100 mRegSaint Colman's Church (Macroom)104 mNatMacroom Castle (country house)105 mRegW.J. Twohig107 mRegA. Golden128 m
More like it

Other recorded houses around Macroom

Aghavrin House in Coachford is the nearest, at 10 km. The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Farthest out is “House, 34 Washington Street, Cork City”, Cork City Centre, 33 km away.

Aghavrin HouseCoachford · 10 km away
The Diamond BarCrookstown · 12 km away
Blarney HouseBlarney · 27 km away
Carrigrohane CastleBallincollig · 28 km away
House, The Mercy HospitalCork City Centre · 33 km away
P. O'SheaSunday's Well · 33 km away
House, 33 Washington Street, Cork CityCork City Centre · 33 km away
House, 34 Washington Street, Cork CityCork City Centre · 33 km away

Questions about Macroom Castle

Is Macroom Castle on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 20852025).

Can you visit Macroom Castle?

Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

When was Macroom Castle built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1824.

Is Macroom 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). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).