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The sixteenth-century tower house known as Dunguaire Castle is located close to Kinvara, which is also often written as Kinvarra, in County Galway, Ireland. The Dun i.e. Fort of King Guaire, the fabled King of Connacht, is where the name of the place comes from. The defensive wall of the castle and 75-foot tower has both been repaired, and the lands are open to visitors in the summer. The Ó hEidhin i.e Hynes clan, chiefs of Coill Ua bhFiachrach i.e. the region around Kinvara, and also that of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne (a kingdom located in what is now the south of County Galway), according to 19th-century Gaelic scholar John O Donovan, were responsible for building Dunguaire. John O Donovan mentioned so both in his Ordnance Survey letters for County Galway, and his book, The Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of the Hy-Fiachrach. Uí Fiachrach Aidhne is contiguous with the diocese of Kilmacduagh, which covers the portion of County Galway between the Burren (a karst/glaciokarst landscape centred in County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland) and Galway Bay to the west and Slieve Aughty (a mountain range in the western part of Ireland) to the east. Guns in the Heather, a 1969 Walt Disney film, included Boyne Castle, which was modelled after Dunguaire Castle. Additionally, it served as the Scottish castle residence of the main character in the 1979 movie North Sea Hijack. The Road of the Dishes, also known as Bothar na Mias and involving King Guaire, is another well-known legend in the area. Visitors may also book or prebook a banquet in the castle, which is available from April to October and includes a four-course meal and recreation. #History #Architecture #Castles

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