Is Carrickfergus Castle(Northern Ireland) a Castle or a settlement??
Is Carrickfergus Castle(Northern Ireland) a Castle or a settlement??Carrickfergus Castle is a castle with Norman architecture in Northern Ireland, situated in the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, on the shore of Belfast Lough. —————————————- Besieged in turn by the Scots, Irish, English and French, the castle played an important military role until 1928 and remains one of the best preserved medieval structures in the whole of Ireland. It was useful as 3/4 of the perimeter is covered by water. Today it is maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency as a state care historic monument, at grid ref: J4143 8725 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrickferg… ——————- Carrickfergus Castle was built by John de Courcy in 1177 as his headquarters, after he conquered eastern Ulster in 1177 and ruled as a petty king until 1204, when he was ousted by another Norman advent
