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Doe Castle, or Caisleán na dTuath, near Creeslough, County Donegal, was the historical stronghold of Clan tSuibhne (Clan McSweeney), with architectural parallels to the Scottish tower house. Built in the early 15th century, it is one of the better fortalices in the north-west of Ireland. The castle sits on a small peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water, with a moat cut into the rock of the landward side. The structure consists mainly of high outer walls around an interior bawn with a four-storey tower-house or keep.

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Doe Castle is a fortress in Co. Donegal built in the 1420's and served for almost 200 years as a home, refuge and bastion for at least 13 MacSweeney chiefs. Doe Castle 2
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Doe Castle from the front, featuring Towerhouse and Bawn Walls. Doe Castle 7
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Great Hall, Vaughan Hall and Tower House (or keep), which is its central, four-story defensive structure, characteristic of the Scottish tower house style, surrounded by outer walls (a bawn). Doe Castle 24
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Great Hall, Vaughan Hall and Tower House (or keep), which is its central, four-story defensive structure, characteristic of the Scottish tower house style, surrounded by outer walls (a bawn). Doe Castle 24

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