Rathfarnham Castle (Irish: Caisleán Rath Fearnáin) is a 16th century castle in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, Ireland.
Read more about Rathfarnham Castle: Origins, Civil War, The Eighteenth Century, The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Preservation
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