Doe Castle, Co. Donegal, Ireland

• published: 06 Jul 2015
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Doe Castle, or Caisleán na dTuath, at Sheephaven Bay near Creeslough, County Donegal, was historically a stronghold of Clan Suibhne (Clan Sweeney), with architectural parallels to the Scottish tower house. Built in the 16th century, it is one of the better fortalices in the north-west of Ireland. It was here that Owen Roe O'Neill returned in 1642 to lead the Ulster Army of the Irish Confederate forces during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The castle changed hands repeatedly during the 17th Century struggle for control of Ireland between the English and the Irish. It is known that in 1650, Sir Charles Coote, the Governor of Londonderry, took possession of the castle. Eventually, the castle was bought by Sir George Vaughan Hart and inhabited by his family until 1843. The castle sits on a small peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water, with a moat cut into the rock of the landward side. The structure consists mainly of high outer walls around an interior bawn with a four-storey tower-house/keep. Irish singer Brian McFadden proposed to his (now ex-) wife, Kerry Katona, at the castle in 2001, being the spot where his grandfather also proposed to his grandmother. The music in this video is by my good friend Ben Glover who lived in the nearby town of Glenarm. Ben now lives in Nashville USA. Some Bio of Ben- The music of Americana artists mixed with traditional Irish songs were the soundtrack for Ben Glover growing up in the sleepy seaside village of Glenarm in the north of Ireland. In the summers during studying law at university he paid his way across the Atlantic by performing Irish folk ballads, the songs of Christy Moore and The Pogues in the bars in Boston, while back home in the pubs of Ireland he was singing Dylan and Springsteen. This theme seems to be woven throughout his life - one artist influenced by two countries connected by the Atlantic Ocean. Ben relocated to Nashville in 2009 and immersed himself in the southern culture. He began exploring the locations that were closely associated with the music he grew up listening to. More at 'www.benglover.co.uk' Other Historic Irish houses and castles Connacht Ashford Castle Aughnanure Castle Ballymore Castle Ballymote Castle Castle Hackett Classiebawn Castle Clifden Castle Clonalis House Dunguaire Castle Eyrecourt Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport House Bunrattybig.jpg Dublin Aldborough House Áras an Uachtaráin Ardgillan Castle Ashtown Castle Carrickmines Castle Castleknock Castle Chichester House Clontarf Castle Deerfield Drimnagh Castle Dublin Castle Farmleigh Frescati House Howth Castle Iveagh House Killiney Castle Leinster House Luttrellstown Castle Malahide Castle Manderley Castle Mansion House Mornington House Rathfarnham Castle Swords Castle Munster Bantry House Barryscourt Castle Black Castle Blarney Castle Bourchier's Castle Bunratty Castle Cahir Castle Cappoquin House Castle Conway Castle Donovan Castle Oliver Castle Otway Craggaunowen Castle Croom Castle Curraghmore Derreen House Derryquin Castle Desmond Castle Doonagore Castle Dromoland Castle Dromore Castle Dunasead Castle Dunboy Castle Dunlough Castle Ennistymon House Fota House Kilcash Castle Killagha Abbey Kiltinan Castle King John's Castle Knappogue Castle Leamaneh Castle Lismore Castle Macroom Castle Moorstown Castle Mount Congreve Mount Trenchard House Muckross House Newtown Castle O'Dea Castle Ormonde Castle Parkavonear Castle Redwood Castle Rock of Cashel Ross Castle Slevoir House Strancally Castle Waterford Castle Woodhouse Woodstown House Leinster Bailieborough Castle Ballinlough Castle Barberstown Castle Bargy Castle Bellinter House Belvedere House Bellevue House Birr Castle Carton House Castle Durrow Castle Roche Castletown House Charleville Castle Dangan Castle Dardistown Castle Darver Castle Duckett's Grove Dunsany Castle Durhamstown Castle Emo Court Enniscorthy Castle Foulksrath Castle Humewood Castle Huntington Castle Kilkea Castle Killeen Castle, Dunsany Kilkenny Castle Kilruddery House Kinnitty Castle Leap Castle Leixlip Castle Loftus Hall Lyons Demesne Maynooth Castle Marlfield House Middleton Park House Mount Loftus Portlick Castle Powerscourt House Rock of Dunamase Russborough House Slane Castle Stradbally Hall Straffan House Summerhill House Townley Hall Trim Castle Ulster Altinaghree Castle Arthur Cottage Bailieborough Castle Ballymoyer House Bangor Castle Baronscourt Belfast Castle Blessingbourne House Burt Castle Carrickfergus Castle Castle Caulfield Castle Coole Castle Leslie Castle Saunderson Clandeboye House Cloughoughter Castle Crom Castle Derrymore House Doe Castle Donegal Castle Dundrum Castle Dungannon Castle Dunluce Castle Florence Court Glenveagh Castle Gosford Castle Grianan of Aileach Hillsborough Castle Hope Castle Inch Castle Lissan House Lough Eske Castle Monellan Castle Mongavlin Castle Mount Stewart Parkanaur House