Kinnitty Castle

It is located contiguous to Droughtville and Lettybrook, north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R421 regional road between the villages of Kinnitty and Cadamstown.

In 1664, the crown granted an estate, which included the castle, to Col. Thomas Winter in return for his military service.

In 1811, Lady Catherine Hutchinson, wife of Thomas, jr, commissioned architect James Pain to extend the castle in a Tudor revival style[1] to its present size.

It was then purchased in 1994 by the Ryan family of Limerick, who developed it into a 37 bedroom, 4 star hotel and wedding venue.

He died in 1877 aged 55 and was buried in the Egyptian style family mausoleum in the grounds of St. Finnian's church, Kinnitty.