Ross Castle
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Ross Castle is a 15th-century lakeside tower house and popular heritage site near Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
castle
ⓘ
heritage site ⓘ tower house ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | late medieval Irish tower house ⓘ |
| builder | O’Donoghue clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | O’Donoghue Mór NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 15th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 15th century ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 52.041°N 9.531°W ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromKillarneyTown | about 2 kilometres GENERATED ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 20 metres ⓘ |
| functionToday | museum ⓘ |
| garrisonCommanderAtSurrender | Lord Muskerry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrisonedDuring | Cromwellian conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBoatTours | true ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
battlements
ⓘ
bawn ⓘ corner towers ⓘ curtain wall ⓘ machicolations ⓘ murder hole ⓘ spiral staircase ⓘ |
| hasLegend | O’Donoghue leaping into the lake ⓘ |
| hasRestoration | 20th century restoration ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCentre | true ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Monument of Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Protected Structure ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Desmond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInNationalPark | Killarney National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Lough Leane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
County Kerry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Killarney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Office of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| near |
Innisfallen Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Killarney town centre NERFINISHED ⓘ Muckross House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersGuidedTours | true ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Office of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Killarney lakes landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfSignificance | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| surrenderedTo | Parliamentarian forces ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| usedFor |
defence
ⓘ
residence ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| yearOfSurrender | 1652 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
County Kerry