Dunsany Castle and Demesne

Dunsany Castle (Irish: Caisleán Dhún Samhnaí), Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland, is a modernised Anglo-Norman castle, started c. 1180 / 1181 by Hugh de Lacy, who also commissioned the original Killeen Castle, nearby, and the famous Trim Castle. It is one of Ireland's oldest homes in continuous occupation, possibly the longest occupied by a single family, having been held by the Cusack family and their descendants by marriage, the Plunketts, from foundation to the present day. The castle is surrounded by its demesne, the inner part of the formerly extensive Dunsany Estate. The demesne holds a historic church, a walled garden, a stone farm complex, and an ice house, among other features, and is home to a wide range of fauna.

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Dunsany Castle and Demesne ranks #2442 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #50 of the 107 mapped in Irlanda. Fundado en ca. 1180, más antiguo que el 84% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 303 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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