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Athlone Castle

🇮🇪 Ireland · 12th century

Athlone Castle in Ireland
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Athlone Castle, sometimes known as Adamson Castle, is a castle located in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, dating from the 12th century.

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Athlone Castle ranks #2,906 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #68 of the 107 mapped in Ireland. Founded 1129, it is older than 87% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 303 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.

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