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Dromoland Castle (Irish: Drom Ólainn) is a castle, located near Newmarket-on-Fergus in County Clare, Ireland. It is operated as a five-star luxury hotel with a golf course , with its restaurant, the "Earl of Thomond", being awarded a Michelin star in 1995, under head chef Jean Baptiste Molinari .
Dromoland Castle, Lord Inchiquin’s historic seat at Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co.Clare, was one of the few big houses to escape destruction what they facetiously call “The Trouble” in Ireland. This was lucky, because it is one of the show places in the South.
The history of Dromoland Castle dates back to the 5th century when it was the ancestral home of the O’Brien family, direct descendants of the High King of Ireland, Brian Boru. The family played a significant role in the Irish political landscape, with many members serving as lords, earls, and other nobility.
Dromoland Castle was the birthplace and boyhood home of William Smith O’Brien, M.P. Despite his aristocratic background, Smith O’Brien fought militantly for the rights of oppressed Irish Catholic peasant farmers and led the Young Irelanders rebellion against the British authorities in 1848.
5 Νοε 2023 · Dromoland Castle is located in County Clare, Ireland, close to Newmarket-on-Fergus. It is not a mere castle but has also a five-star luxury hotel. Not only that, but the castle restaurant’s (The Earl of Thomond) head chef, Jean Baptiste Molinari, received a Michelin star in 1995.
Dromoland Castle. The O’Briens had an extraordinary history stretching back to the 5th Century, Dromoland Castle was originally the ancestral home of one of the few families of Gaelic Royalty; direct descendants of Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland. We first hear Of Dromoland in about 1551.
Dromoland Castle, near Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, now functions as a luxury hotel with its own golf course. The present building was completed in 1835 but the first building constructed here seems to have been a fifteenth or early sixteenth century tower house.
