Ross Castle

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Ross Castle is a 15th-century lakeside tower house and popular heritage site near Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ross Castle canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
heritage site ⓘ
tower house ⓘ
architecturalStyle late medieval Irish tower house ⓘ
builder O’Donoghue clan ⓘ
builtFor O’Donoghue Mór ⓘ
completionDate 15th century ⓘ
constructionStart 15th century ⓘ
coordinateLocation 52.041°N 9.531°W ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
distanceFromKillarneyTown about 2 kilometres ⓘ
elevation approximately 20 metres ⓘ
functionToday museum ⓘ
garrisonCommanderAtSurrender Lord Muskerry ⓘ
linked to: Lord Offaly
garrisonedDuring Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
hasBoatTours true ⓘ
hasFeature battlements ⓘ
bawn ⓘ
corner towers ⓘ
curtain wall ⓘ
machicolations ⓘ
murder hole ⓘ
spiral staircase ⓘ
hasLegend O’Donoghue leaping into the lake ⓘ
hasRestoration 20th century restoration ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre true ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Monument of Ireland ⓘ
Protected Structure ⓘ
historicalRegion Desmond ⓘ
locatedInNationalPark Killarney National Park ⓘ
locatedOn Lough Leane ⓘ
location County Kerry ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Killarney ⓘ
managedBy Office of Public Works ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
near Innisfallen Island ⓘ
Killarney town centre ⓘ
linked to: Killarney

Muckross House ⓘ
offersGuidedTours true ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownedBy Office of Public Works ⓘ
partOf Killarney lakes landscape ⓘ
linked to: Lakes of Killarney
periodOfSignificance late Middle Ages ⓘ
surrenderedTo Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
usedFor defence ⓘ
residence ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
yearOfSurrender 1652 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Kerry → hasTouristAttraction → Ross Castle ⓘ
subject linked to: Kerry
County Kerry → hasHistoricSite → Ross Castle ⓘ
Loch Léin → hasShoreFeature → Ross Castle ⓘ