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History
Only the Record Tower survives from the original Anglo-Norman fortress, which was
built in the early 13th century and served as the centre of English colonial administration
until 1922.
When Henry VIII's firm-handed representative in Ireland, Lord Deputy Henry Sidney,
took charge in 1565, he declared the castle to be 'ruinous, foul, filthy and great decayed' -
and he wasn't far wrong. Until then most of the king's deputies in Ireland had been
Anglo-Irish lords who preferred living in their own castles than taking up residence at
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