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Dangan Castle is a former stately home in County Meath, Ireland, which is now in a state of ruin. It is situated by Dangan Church on the Trim Road. The castle is the former seat of the Wesley (Wellesley) family and is located outside the village of Summerhill.
Aug 19, 2012 · Dangan Castle, Meath, Ireland. Just outside Summerhill, Co. Meath stands the ruins of Dangan Castle. Beside Dangan church a long laneway leads up towards the ruin, in a field to the right as you advance towards the castle a three arch bridge – now unused – crosses a small brook.
Between Trim and the pretty little town of Summerhill stand the ruins of DANGAN CASTLE, celebrated as being the birthplace of England's greatest general, ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON, who, on the 1st of May, 1769, came "into this breathing world," unheralded by any prodigy, undistinguished by any omen, which might foreshadow the high and glorious ...
A large provincial Georgian country house, Dangan Castle shows a five-bay two-storey front over a vaulted basement and with a moulded cornice supporting a parapet. Sold in 1793 to Captain Thomas Burrowes, Dangan Castle was burnt down in 1809 and has been a ruin ever since.
Dangan Castle is a former stately home in County Meath, Ireland, which is now in a state of ruin. It is situated by Dangan Church on the Trim Road. The castle is the former seat of the Wesley family and is located outside the village of Summerhill. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dangan Castle is a former stately home in County Meath, Ireland, which is now in a state of ruin. It was the childhood home of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The modern house was originally built in the early 1700s as Dangan House by Richard Colley, who demolished the old castle.