Fanning's Castle

Fanning's Castle
Fanning's Castle
Mary Street, King's Island, Limerick, Ireland
Site information
Type	tower house
Condition	partially ruined
Location
	Fanning's Castle
Coordinates	52°40′02″N 8°37′19″W / 52.667338147854586°N 8.621914854748272°W
Site history
Built	c. 1641
Built by	Dominic Fanning

Typetower house

Conditionpartially ruined

Coordinates52°40′02″N 8°37′19″W / 52.667338147854586°N 8.621914854748272°W

Builtc. 1641

Fanning's Castle (Irish: Caisleán Uí Fhionáin), also called Whitamore's Castle,^[1] is the remains of a tower house and National Monument^[2] located in Limerick, Ireland.^[3]

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