Ireland · 15th century
Donegal Castle (Irish: Caisleán Dhún na nGall) is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The castle was the stronghold of the O'Donnell clan, Lords of Tír Conaill and one of the most powerful Gaelic families in Ireland from the 5th to the 16th centuries. For most of the last two centuries, the majority of the buildings lay in ruins but the castle was almost fully restored in the early 1990s. It is now open to the public.
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Donegal Castle ranks #2,219 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #26 of the 178 mapped in Ireland. Founded c. 1450, it is older than 47% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 554 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,320 times in the last 60 days, more than 73% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Derry, 62 km away. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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