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Arkin's Castle

Arkin's Castle is a castle in the town in Kilronan, County Galway, 1.8 km south of the pier. Cuan Chill Éinne, Tigh Fitz and St. Eany's Well are within 198 m.

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From the pier
1.8 km south

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Plan of the streets around Arkin's Castle, 340 metres across
The building in black is this one; drag to turn the model.Open the whole town
Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Arkin's Castle, 340 metres across

Arkin's Castle in pictures

Arkin's Castle
Arkin's Castle
Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Getting to Arkin's Castle

Directions from where you are
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While you are there

1 place to eat or drink within 300 m: Cuan Chill Éinne (84 m).

Other sites within 3 km: St. Eany's Monastic Site (223 m), Dún Dúchathair (1.7 km), Puffing Hole (2.2 km) and Leaba Naomh Rónáin (2.2 km).

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. 83 m
  2. Tigh Fitz
    Guest houses
    152 m
  3. 198 m
  4. 223 m

Other castles around Kilronan

  1. 10.7 km

All 2 castles around Kilronan

Questions people ask

Where is Arkin's Castle?
In Kilronan, County Galway, 1.8 km south of the pier.
Are there other castles nearby?
1 other castle around $Kilronan; the closest is Caisleán Uí Bhriain, 10.7 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/1004226523, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.