Ireland · Still standing
Barmeath Castle
Barmeath Castle is a country house near Dunleer in central County Louth, Ireland. The building dates from the 15th century and has been the ancestral seat of the Bellew family since 1670; its grounds include ten acres of designed gardens.
Its prime
1760
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1760
The shape it held in its prime.
Low, rectangular three‑storey stone house with a crenellated parapet and regular rows of tall rectangular windows across the main façade. A prominent cylindrical tower with narrow vertical slit windows and a crenellated top anchors the left corner, with a second taller round tower rising behind. Pale grey dressed masonry, several slender chimneys and a flat, battlemented roofline. The house sits beside an ornamental lake, set behind broad clipped lawns and mature trees; complete and maintained at its prime.
Its story
The story of Barmeath Castle.
Barmeath Castle stands near Dunleer in the centre of County Louth. The building was erected in the 15th century, and the Bellew family have lived there since 1670. It remains the ancestral seat of the Barons Bellew.
Of particular note are the castle's ten acres of gardens, designed by the 18th-century landscape architect Thomas Wright.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1760.
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Clans who held Barmeath Castle.
The families that held Barmeath Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Bellew
The Bellew family have lived at Barmeath since 1670; it is the ancestral seat of the Barons Bellew.
