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Terryland Castle

Terryland Castle is a castle on Bóthar Na dTreabh in Galway, County Galway, 1.2 km north-west of Eyre Square. Yew Tree Maze, University of Galway Sports Centre and The Wall Café are within 219 m. Built in the 16th or 17th Century by the De Burghs

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Castles
Street
Bóthar Na dTreabh
From Eyre Square
1.2 km north-west
Parking
Car Park 2 on Newcastle Avenue, 704 m away
Bus stop
Arts & Science Building (University of Galway), 195 m away

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Plan of the streets around Terryland Castle, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Terryland Castle, 340 metres across

Getting to Terryland Castle

By car
Park at Car Park 2 on Newcastle Avenue, 704 m away, paid.
By bus
The nearest stop is Arts & Science Building, served by University of Galway, 195 m away, with a shelter.
Directions from where you are
Open the model above, tap the pin and choose “Directions here”; the route is drawn from your own position.

While you are there

2 places to eat and drink within 300 m: The Wall Café (219 m) and Zinc Cafe (265 m).

Bóthar Na dTreabh itself has 9 named places on the map.

Other sites within 3 km: Yew Tree Maze (108 m), Terryland Forest Park (481 m), Máirín De Valera's Garden (546 m), Zoology Museum (612 m) and Royal Coat of Arms 1812 (639 m).

Tower houses, the castles of the Irish countryside

Most of the castles around Tuam are tower houses rather than the great fortresses the word suggests: tall stone towers built from the later Middle Ages onward to be lived in as much as defended, commanding a crossing or a stretch of good land with a small household. They first appeared in Ireland, Scotland, England and the Frisian and north Spanish coasts in the High Middle Ages and spread from there; in Scotland's borders they were the peel towers, in Italy the city towers of feuding families. A good tower house has a vaulted floor against fire, a stone stair, corner bartizans to cover the walls, and a machicolation over the door for dropping things on whoever is knocking.

Written from Wikipedia, "Tower house" (CC BY-SA 4.0); the words are ours.

Within a short walk

  1. Yew Tree Maze
    Attractions
    108 m
  2. 217 m
  3. 219 m
  4. 249 m

Also on Bóthar Na dTreabh

  2. Centra
    Convenience stores
  4. Circle K
    Petrol stations

Everything on Bóthar Na dTreabh

Other castles around Galway

  1. 1.8 km
  2. Castlegar Castle
    Castlegar Road
    3.0 km
  3. Ballindooly Castle
    Headford Road
    3.5 km
  4. 4.1 km
  5. 6.3 km
  6. 7.5 km
  7. 8.4 km
  8. 10.5 km

All 10 castles around Galway

Questions people ask

Where is Terryland Castle?
On Bóthar Na dTreabh in Galway, 1.2 km north-west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 704 m away.
Are there other castles nearby?
9 other castles around $Galway; the closest is Menlo Castle, 1.8 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/800839426, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.