Ballycar Castle

County Clare, Ireland

Ballycar Castle is a castle in County Clare, Ireland. Little or nothing of it survives today. The nearest other castle is Knappogue Castle, 2.7 mi away.

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Ballycar Castle in County Clare, Ireland — Photo: Drawn by Thomas Dineley published by James Frost in 1893 but was also published earlier, Public domain

Ballycar Castle at a glance

Type

Castle

Condition

Demolished

Nearest castle

Knappogue Castle

2.7 mi away

Castles in County Clare

17

Ireland

About Ballycar Castle

Ballycar Castle stood in the parish of Newmarket-on-Fergus, near the road between Limerick and Galway, 3 miles (5 km) from Sixmilebridge, 9 miles (14 km) from Limerick, and 7 miles (11 km) from Ennis it was said to have been built before 1570 and was a ruin before 1681 when it was sketched by Thomas Dineley.
From the Wikipedia article on Ballycar Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ballycar Castle sits at 52.7640, -8.8744 in County Clare. The closest other castles are Knappogue Castle (2.7 mi), Ballyhannon Castle (2.9 mi) and Ballymarkahan Castle (3.2 mi). County Clare has 17 castles in all.