The Doolin Castle of Ireland, built in the sixteenth century, is known as Doonagore Castle. The Doonagore Castle of Doolin is perched on a hill, providing breathtaking panoramas of the landscape. The castle, an apparent round tower dwelling that belongs to the middle of the sixteenth century, has a small courtyard that is surrounded by a protective wall. Boats and ferries making their final dip into Doolin Pier use the castle as a navigational landmark. Sandstone was used in the construction of the modern Doolin Castle. As early as 1300 A.D. , there was a previous castle on this land or quite close by. A Spanish Armada ship ran into trouble off the coast of Doolin in 1588, and it wrecked not far from the castle. Some 170 crew members of the ship were able to escape the burning ship. At the castle or a nearby location known as Cnocán a Crochaire, it is thought that all of the victims were hanged. Early on, the castle was divided amongst two of the most powerful clans of County Clare. Doonagore Castle was later given to an individual named John Sarsfield as a result of the Cromwellian settlement following the Irish Rebellion of 1641. After the Rebellion, the Cromwellian settlement was established. It comprised a multitude of punishments, including execution and land forfeiture, against people who had gotten involved in the 1641 Rebellion. Doolin Castle was transferred to the Gore family in the eighteenth century, many years after it was first acquired. At this juncture, the castle had become dilapidated, and the Gores set out to renovate most of it. Doonagore Castle had once again degraded by the middle of the nineteenth century. Then an Irish-American American private buyer called John C. Gorman decided to capitalize and purchased it.
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