Castle
Kinnitty Castle
🇮🇪 Ireland · 19th century
Kinnitty Castle or Castle Bernard is a 19th-century gothic revival castle and hotel in Kinnitty (Cionn Eitigh), County Offaly, Ireland. It is located contiguous to Droughtville and Lettybrook, north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R421 regional road between the villages of Kinnitty and Cadamstown. A nearby pyramid was built by the Bernard family who resided in the castle.
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Kinnitty Castle ranks #178 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #10 of the 168 mapped in Ireland. Founded c. 1850, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 432 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Kinnitty Castle?
Kinnitty Castle stands in Ireland, at 53.1°, -7.7°.
When was Kinnitty Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1850. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Kinnitty Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #178 of 6,412 worldwide, and #10 in Ireland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Kinnitty Castle?
Leap Castle, about 11 km away.
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