Castle
Ballinskelligs Castle
🇮🇪 Ireland · 16th century
Ballinskelligs Castle is a castle located near Ballinskelligs on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The castle is situated on the western shore of Ballinskelligs Bay, on a narrow promontory which is subject to heavy erosion. The castle was constructed by the MacCarthy Mórs in the 16th century to protect the bay from pirates, and possibly in order to charge a tariff on incoming trade vessels.
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Ballinskelligs Castle ranks #3,766 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #98 of the 107 mapped in Ireland. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 44% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 495 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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