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Coordinates:52°40′02″N8°37′19″W / 52.667338147854586°N 8.621914854748272°W /52.667338147854586; -8.621914854748272

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Ruined tower house in Limerick, Ireland

Fanning's Castle
Mary Street,King's Island,Limerick,Ireland

Site information
Type	tower house
Condition	partially ruined
Location
Fanning's Castle
Coordinates	52°40′02″N8°37′19″W / 52.667338147854586°N 8.621914854748272°W /52.667338147854586; -8.621914854748272
Site history
Built	c. 1641
Built by	Dominic Fanning

Fanning's Castle (Irish:Caisleán Uí Fhionáin), also calledWhitamore's Castle,^[1] is the remains of atower house andNational Monument^[2] located inLimerick, Ireland.^[3]

Location

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Fanning's Castle is located off Creagh Lane and Mary Street, opposite thetholsel,^[4] onKing's Island.^[5]^[6]

History

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Fanning's Castle was built c. 1641 byMayor of Limerick Dominic Fanning.^[7]

Building

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The walls of the tower house are of roughly squaredlimestone blocks of varying sizes. It was originally fivestoreys high, but only four storeys are now visible above ground level.^[8] The windows showogee andmullions.^[9]

The tower house incorporated aturret staircase andbattlements.^[10]

References

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^"Venerable Limerick Ruin: Remains Of Historic Castle"(PDF).Limerick Leader. 15 July 1950. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 1 February 2014. Retrieved3 May 2017 – viaLimerick City Council.
^"Limerick"(PDF).National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship.National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 9 July 2017.
^Hill, Judith (1 July 1997).The building of Limerick. Mercier.ISBN 9781856351911.Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved3 March 2022 – via Google Books.
^Wiggins, Kenneth (1 January 2001).Anatomy of a Siege: King John's Castle, Limerick, 1642. Boydell & Brewer.ISBN 9780851158273.Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved2 October 2020 – via Google Books.
^Killanin, Baron Michael Morris; Duignan, Michael V. (1 January 1989).The Shell guide to Ireland. Gill and Macmillan.ISBN 9780717115952.Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved3 March 2022 – via Google Books.
^Spellissy, Séan (1 December 1998).The history of Limerick City. Celtic Bookshop.ISBN 9780953468300.Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved3 March 2022 – via Google Books.
^Great Britain and Ireland, a Phaidon Cultural Guide. Prentice-Hall. 1 January 1985.ISBN 9780133637557.Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved3 March 2022 – via Google Books.
^"Fanning's Castle - CSISWiki".wiki.csisdmz.ul.ie.Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved3 May 2017.
^"Fannings Castle Limerick". 31 October 2012.Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved3 May 2017.
^"Fannings Castle located in Mary Street, Limerick city, Ireland". 17 May 2012.Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved3 May 2017.

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