Bunratty Castle - Castles on Waymarking.com

Plaque on the side of the castle:
Bunratty Castle
The earliest fortress at Bunratty (1251) was a "Bretesche" or wooden tower erected on a moat. This was followed in turn by De Clare's stone castel (1277) and De Rokeby's castle (1353).

The present O'Brien castle, built 1425, had undergone many alterations during four centuries of occupation, but in trhe restoration works (1956/58) all additions later than 1619 (the date of the decorated ceiling in the chapel) were removed and the 15th century crenellations restored.

Admiral Penn was besieged here in 1646, and it is generally believed that his son, william Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, then and ihfant, was at the castle.

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