King John's Castle (Carlingford)
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Native name Irish: Caisleán Chairlinn |
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| Carlingford Castle | |
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| Type | enclosure castle |
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Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°02′35″N 6°11′13″W / 54.043177°N 6.186830°WCoordinates: 54°02′35″N 6°11′13″W / 54.043177°N 6.186830°W |
| Area | Cooley Peninsula |
| Built | late 12th century |
| Owner | State |
| Official name: Carlingford Castle | |
| Reference no. | 249 |
 Location of King John's Castle in Ireland
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King John's Castle, also known as Carlingford Castle, is an enclosure castle and National Monument located in Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland.
King John's Castle is located in Carlingford town's harbour, halfway along the south coast of Carlingford Lough.
Carlingford Castle's west wing was built in the late 12th century by Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It acquired the name "King John's Castle" after King John, Lord of Ireland, supposedly stayed there for three days in 1210, during his second expedition, when he invaded Ulster to apprehend Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster. Local myth claims that he began to draft Magna Carta (agreed in 1215) at Carlingford. Other accounts associate its construction with Ralph Pepper in 1204.
The east wing of the castle was added c. 1261. In 1326 the castle was committed to Geoffrey le Blound. Edmond Loundres was constable in 1388, Stephen Gernon in 1400. Henry MacShane O'Neill attempted to take the castle in 1596.
During the Irish Confederate Wars, the castle was held by the Irish Catholic Confederation; then was taken by Sir Henry Tichborne, 3rd Baronet (Parliamentarian) in 1642, then by Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin in 1649 and Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath in 1650.
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