O'Dea Castle
County Clare, Ireland
O'Dea Castle is a tower house in County Clare, Ireland. The nearest other castle is Dromore Castle, 4.4 mi away.
O'Dea Castle at a glance
Type
Tower house
Nearest castle
Dromore Castle
4.4 mi away
Castles in County Clare
17
Ireland
Location
County Clare
Ireland
About O'Dea Castle
O'Dea Castle, also known as Dysert O'Dea Castle, is an Irish fortified tower house, loosely described as a castle at Dysert O'Dea (Irish: Dísert, meaning 'hermitage'), the former O'Dea clan stronghold, 5 kilometres (3 mi) from Corofin, County Clare. It was built between 1470 and 1490 by Diarmaid O'Dea, Lord of Cineal Fearmaic, and stands some 50 feet (15 m) high on a limestone outcrop base measuring 20 by 40 feet (6 by 12 m).
From the Wikipedia article on O'Dea Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
O'Dea Castle sits at 52.9114, -9.0664 in County Clare. The closest other castles are Dromore Castle (4.4 mi), Leamaneh Castle (6.1 mi) and Ballyhannon Castle (10 mi). County Clare has 17 castles in all.
