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Carrickfergus Castle

By John de Courcy, Norman architecture.

Architect
John de Courcy
Style
Norman architecture

Carrickfergus Castle is a Norman castle in Northern Ireland, situated in the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, on the northern shore of Belfast Lough. Besieged in turn by the Scottish, rebel Irish, English, and French, the castle played an important military role until 1928 and remains one of the best preserved medieval structures in Northern Ireland. It was strategically useful, with three-quarters of the castle perimeter surrounded by water. Today it is maintained by the Department for Communities as a historic monument in state care.

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