Inch Castle

Inch Castle is a ruined castle located on the southern tip of Inch Island in County Donegal, Ireland. The castle was constructed around 1430 by the Gaelic Irish lord Neachtain O'Donnell for his father-in-law Cahir O'Doherty.^[1] The O'Doherty's were the dominant family on the nearby peninsula of Inishowen and had close links with the O'Donnells. It came to form part of the defensive network of O'Doherty fortifications designed to protect them from rival clans and to overawe those who accepted their overlordship.

Burt Castle is located just across Lough Swilly on the mainland, and this has sometimes led to the two being confused in historical accounts.^[2] It should also not be confused with Inch Fort, a much later development on the northern tip of the island which is now also in ruins.^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Doherty, Richard. The Siege of Derry, 1689: The Military History. Spellmount, 2010.
• Walsh, David. Oileáin: a guide to the Irish islands. Pesda Press, 2004.

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
Dublin	Abbeville, Dublin Aldborough House Áras an Uachtaráin Ardgillan Castle Ashtown Castle Baggotrath 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 Merrion Castle Mornington House Rathfarnham Castle Swords Castle
Munster	Abbeville, Tipperary Adare Manor Ballinalacken Castle Ballinskelligs Castle Ballycarbery Castle Ballyhannon Castle Bantry House Barryscourt Castle Black Castle Blarney Castle Bourchier's Castle Bunratty Castle Cahir Castle Cappoquin House Castle Conway Castle Donovan Castle Gurteen de la Poer Castle Oliver Castle Otway Craggaunowen Castle Croom Castle Curraghmore Damer House Derreen House Derryquin Castle Desmond Castle Doonagore Castle Dromoland Castle Dromore Castle Dunasead Castle Dunboy Castle Dunkerron Castle Dunlough Castle Ennistymon House Fota House Gallarus Castle Kilcash Castle Killagha Abbey Kiltinan Castle King John's Castle Knappogue Castle Leamaneh Castle Lismore Castle Listowel 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 Roscrea Castle Ross Castle Shanmuckinish Castle Slevoir House Strancally Castle Tarbert House Vernon Mount Waterford Castle Woodhouse Woodstown House
Leinster	Allenstown House Altamont House Ardbraccan House Athlone Castle Athclare Castle Avondale House Ballinlough Castle Barberstown Castle Bargy Castle Bellinter House Belvedere House Bellevue House Birr Castle Butler House 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 Lucan Manor 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 Archbishop's Palace, Armagh 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 Glenarm Castle 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 Richhill Castle Rossmore Castle Springhill House Tynan Abbey
See also Historic houses in Northern Ireland Historic houses in the Republic of Ireland

Coordinates: 55°02′51″N 7°29′46″W / 55.0476°N 7.4962°W / 55.0476; -7.4962