Dungarvan Castle

Dungarvan Castle or King John's Norman Castle is a National Monument located in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland. Dungarvan Castle is composed of a polygonal shell hold, enclosed with a curtain wall, with corner and gate towers. The twelfth-century shell maintain is the earliest part of the structure, with this shape of maintain being commonplace in England, however rare in Ireland. There is a -storey military barracks within the walls relationship from the early 18th-century. These barracks are restored and holds the exhibition space displaying the history of the fortress. The modern-day structure sits on the web site of a former Motte-and-bailey fortress.

The fortress has been described as Anglo-Norman, and become founded in 1185 by means of Prince John, at the mouth of the Colligan River. It become amongst a number of castles constructed round this time inside the south east of Ireland. The fortress turned into used as a barracks all through the Irish Civil War, then taken by means of the IRA who upon leaving in August 1922, set fireplace to the structure. After the inspiration of the Garda Siochana inside the Free State, the castle was restored and became the neighborhood Garda Station till 1987.