Nature venue
Three Castle Head
31 locals recommend
Tips from locals
Olive
October 29, 2017
Pack your walking shoes, water and sunglasses. Prepare to be mesmerised as you walk over the brow and see the ruins of the castle. Have lunch in the tearooms on the way back.
Laurie And Chris
May 27, 2018
This is a stunning hike on a remote headland, up to a castle overlooking a lake. It's a great place for a picnic on a fine day.
Mairead
March 25, 2022
It may be called Three Castle Head but there is just the one castle. The name “Three Castle” refers to the three towers or keeps that make up Dunlough Castle. Connecting the towers is a curtain wall, stretching more than 100 feet from the cliffs to the shores of the lake. The wall and towers are mainly in ruins now but remain very impressive all the same. Dunlough is said to be one of the oldest Norman castles in southern ireland. The ruins which remain there now date from around the 15th century, though the first fortification on this site dated back as far as 1207. The deterioration of the castle can also be partly attributed to its dry stone construction.
It may be called Three Castle Head but there is just the one castle. The name “Three Castle” refers to the three towers or keeps that make up Dunlough Castle. Connecting the towers is a curtain wall, stretching more than 100 feet from the cliffs to the shores of the lake. The wall and towers are mai…
Sinéad
July 6, 2021
One of our favourite day trips! Perched on the edge of 100 metre cliffs on the western headland above the Mizen Head. Stunning views, tiny roads.....not for the faint hearted but so worth it.
Eileen
June 9, 2021
setting for the movie The Young Offenders
Location
CO
Dunlough