Thoor Ballylee
County Galway, Ireland
Thoor Ballylee is a tower house in County Galway, Ireland. The nearest other castle is Kiltartan Castle, 1.6 mi away.
Thoor Ballylee at a glance
Type
Tower house
Nearest castle
Kiltartan Castle
1.6 mi away
Castles in County Galway
34
Ireland
Location
County Galway
Ireland
About Thoor Ballylee
Thoor Ballylee Castle (Irish Túr Bhaile Uí Laí) is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It is also known as Yeats's Tower because it was once owned and inhabited by the poet William Butler Yeats.
From the Wikipedia article on Thoor Ballylee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thoor Ballylee sits at 53.1030, -8.7750 in County Galway. The closest other castles are Kiltartan Castle (1.6 mi), Daly Castle (3.0 mi) and Drumharsna Castle (4.0 mi). County Galway has 34 castles in all.
