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White Castle
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National rating (NIAH)

White Castle

Also known as Whites Castle

Leinster Street, Athy

Rated National on the National InventoryOne of 5 rated National in Athy
CCastle / fortified houseBBuilt 1500–1600Aalso an archaeological site
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
About

About White Castle

White Castle is one of 5 buildings in Athy the National Inventory rates National. White Castle dates from 1500–1600. 112 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 11505039↗

National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Athy · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1White CastleStart here
  2. 2Athy CourthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Offaly HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4Teach ÍosaRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5Athy Lodge (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
Saint Michael's Convent (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mParkview HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mSaint Mary's National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH)300 mJaneville CottageRegional rating (NIAH)300 mGraveyard, Saint Michael's ConventRegional rating (NIAH)300 mMurrayRegional rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

27 within 150 m

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

RegCromaboo Bridge34 mRegHouse, 31 Leinster Street, Athy36 mRegW.T. Duthie42 mRegHouse, Barrow Quay, Athy47 mRegMarket House55 mRegQuay, Barrow Quay, Athy60 mRegOutbuilding, 5 Emily Square, Athy60 mRegHouse, 4 Emily Square, Athy62 mRegFountain, Emily Square, Athy66 mRegHouse, 5 Emily Square, Athy69 mRegHouse, 6 Emily Square, Athy77 mRegHouse, Emily Square, Leinster Street, Athy87 mRegHouse, 3 Duke Street, Athy90 mRegBank of Ireland92 mRegÓ Brien99 mRegHotel, 29-29A Leinster Street, Athy103 mRegAthy Courthouse104 mRegBank, 5 Duke Street, Athy106 m
Show the other 9
RegAthy Town Hall110 mRegSaint John's House123 mRegHouse, 19 Emily Square, Athy125 mRegHouse, 27 Leinster Street, Athy126 mRegHouse, 25 Leinster Street, Athy139 mNatSaint John's Cemetery142 mRegSaint Michael's143 mRegHibernian House145 mRegHouse, 11 Duke Street, Convent Lane, Athy148 m
More like it

Near Athy: more houses of national importance

The list holds 4, all within 40 km and photographed. Dunlavin Market House in Dunlavin is the nearest, at 20 km. At the edge of the list, 34 km away: Shankill Castle, Paulstown.

Dunlavin Market HouseDunlavin · 20 km away
Portlaoise CourthousePortlaoise · 22 km away
Russborough HouseBlessington · 32 km away
Shankill CastlePaulstown · 34 km away

Questions about White Castle

Is White Castle on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated National (record 11505039).

Can you visit White Castle?

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

When was White Castle built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1500–1600.

Is White 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. 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).