This castle is situated between Ennis and Limerick. It was built in 1467. This is a castle worth seeing on any tours of Ireland. Knappogue was built by “John Maccon MacNamara” He was the Lord of Clancullen and High Chieftain of the Dal gCais. By 1580 the MacNamara family had...
This little village is a true “hidden gem”. At Ireland and Scotland Luxury Tours we love the reaction of our guests when we take them to “Quin”. Quin is famous for its well-preserved Franciscan Friary. This was established in 1443 on the remains of an Anglo-Norman castle. It has...
The battlemented keep of Knappogue – built by one of the MacNamras in 1467 – and its later extensions were rescued from ruin in the 1960s by Mark Edwin Andrews of Houston, Texas, a former assistant secretary of the US Navy, and his architect wife....
Knappogue Castle is Quin , County Clare ...