Benburb Castle — Attraction in Benburb

Beautiful scenery all around the area of the castle grounds, with blackwater river running down behind the castle. The castle itself is rich in Irish history and was built in the early 15th century. It's has deep drops around the castle grounds so be careful. There is a graveyard just outside the old and impressive walls with monks buried there and an old, tiny stone built worship building with a bee keep within its fence, so be careful of the bees too....

Interesting Bawn from the Plantation and era of colonial exploitation of Ireland. Although in State Care there is a complete absence of information on this site, it's development and context in the landscape. Also, absolutely no reference to the very significant major battle that occurred nearby in 1646. Hundreds died here and we remember...

We drove to Benburb but didn't know how to get to the Castle, wasnt well signposted for non locals. We asked a couple of different locals but they were not forthcoming, they maybe are fed up get asked all the time if no...