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Dunderry

Ireland geography stubsTownlands of County MeathTowns and villages in County MeathUntranslated Irish place namesUse Hiberno-English from January 2022
Village of Dunderry, Co. Meath geograph.org.uk 593131
Village of Dunderry, Co. Meath geograph.org.uk 593131

Dunderry (Irish: Dún Doire) is a village and townland in County Meath, Ireland, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Navan. The village population was 170 at the 2016 census. The local Gaelic games club, Dunderry GAA Club, was formed in 1890 and competes in football, hurling, camogie and rounders. The 18th-century Dunderry Park estate (formerly Philpotstown House) is 2 km (1.2 mi) north-east of the village.

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N 53.607777777778 ° E -6.7733333333333 °
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C15 P2P8 (Bective ED)
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Village of Dunderry, Co. Meath geograph.org.uk 593131
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Durhamstown Castle
Durhamstown Castle

Durhamstown Castle is a 600-year-old towerhouse in the townland of Durhamstown of the civil parish of Ardbraccan which is in the barony (Ireland) of Lower Navan, in County Meath, Ireland. It has been inhabited continuously since 1420. It is named after a Mr. Dorream (or Mr. Dorram), whos family lived there in 1511, and has been converted into a guest house and restaurant.Although the precise origins of the building are unknown, the existing castle is believed to date from the early 15th century. The building is of four storeys and the ground floor has four vaulted chambers with inserted windows. A square tower with a pointed door which opens to a spiral staircase can be found at its east wall. There are three tall chimneys clustering at the north end of the nave. There is believed to have originally been another storey which was knocked down as a result of a fire. A 19th century single storey wing has been added to the north of the old house. In the 16th century the building was owned by The 1st Earl of Essex, Lord Deputy of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland.In the 17th century Sir Roger Jones-Lord Ranallagh lived there, whose son Arthur, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, was involved in a scandal whereby the entire Irish Exchequer was diverted to pay for the mistresses of Charles II. During the 18th century its occupants were Thompsons and during the 19th the Roberts Family. It is currently owned by Dave and Sue Prickett, who bought it in 1996 and run it as a guest house and restaurant. It is one of the oldest continually resided-in buildings in Ireland.