Dunluce Castle

Dunluce Castle
Dún Libhse
Dunluce Caissle[1]
County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Dunluce Castle, 2018
Dunluce Castle is located in Northern Ireland
Dunluce Castle
Dunluce Castle
Coordinates55°12′41″N 6°34′45″W / 55.21139°N 6.57917°W / 55.21139; -6.57917
TypeCastle
Site information
Controlled byNorthern Ireland Environment Agency
Open to
the public
Yes
ConditionIn ruins
Site history
BuiltLate Middle Ages and 17th century[2]

Dunluce Castle (/dʊnˈls/; from Irish Dún Libhse)[3] is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland, the seat of Clan MacDonnell. It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in County Antrim (between Portballintrae and Portrush), and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland. The castle is surrounded by extremely steep drops on either side, which may have been an important factor to the early Christians and Vikings who were drawn to this place where an early Irish fort once stood.

  1. ^ Guide to Dunluce Castle in Ulster-Scots Archived 3 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine DOE.
  2. ^ "from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board Discover Northern Ireland website". Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland