Ormond Castle
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Ormond Castle (National Monument), once the seat of the Earls of Ormond, consists of a fortified tower of 1450 and a manor house built onto it in 1568. It was built for Queen Elizabeth, but the Queen seems never to have lived in it. It is a typically Elizabethan house: externally a long front with gables and dwarf gables; in the interior a large hall and a gallery extending almost the whole length of the building, decorated with stucco likenesses of the Queen and members of the Ormond family.
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In the center of the town, near the medieval bridge, stands the old Tholsel (Town Hall), originally a town gate, topped by a clock-tower.
The Castle contains the finest Tudor plasterwork in Ireland.
Address:
Ormond Castle, Castle Park, Carrick-on-Suir , Ireland
Hours:
June 15 to September 1: 9:30am-6:30pm
Tips: Last admission 45 minutes before closing. Access by guided tour only.
Guides: Guided tour included with admission.
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