O'Dea Castle is an Irish fortified tower house, loosely described as a castle at Dysert O'Dea (Irish: DÃsert, meaning "hermitage"), the former O'Dea clan stronghold, 5 km from Corofin, County Clare just off the R476 road.
It was built between 1470 and 1490 by Diarmaid O'Dea, Lord of Cineal Fearmaic, and stands some 50 feet high on a limestone outcrop base measuring 20 feet by 40 feet.
Read more about O'Dea Castle: Clare Archaeology Centre, History, Pictures
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