In Popular Culture
In 1973 the castle appeared on the inner gatefold of the multi-million selling Led Zeppelin album Houses of the Holy. It is also featured on the cover of the album Glasgow Friday by American musician Jandek. The castle appeared as Snakehead's hideout under the name 'Ravens Keep' in the 2003 movie, The Medallion, which starred Jackie Chan. This castle is also the subject of a song named "Dunluce Castle" written by George Millar and sung by the Irish Rovers. The cassette and CD versions of Gary Moore's 1989 album "After the War" feature an instrumental track titled "Dunluce" in one and two parts respectively.
In recent years Dunluce Castle has been under close police watch at night due to anti-social behaviour in the area such as smoking cannabis in the car park and many cases of vandalism to the site itself.
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