Clontarf Castle Hotel is located in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland. A castle has sat on this site since 1172. The castle was held by the Knights Templar. After 1308, it passed to the Knights Hospitaller, but after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the last prior, John Rawson, was made Viscount Clontarf in 1541 in exchange for surrendering the estate to the crown. In 1600, Queen Elizabeth granted the estate to Sir Geoffrey Fenton. The property passed through marriage to the King family, but George King took part in the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and the estate was confiscated. The estate was sold to John Blackwell, who sold his interest to John Vernon. The castle remained in the Vernon family for 300 years. The current castle was built in 1837 as the previous castle was considered unsafe. It was sold to the Oultons in 1933, who sold the property to pay for death taxes and other expenditures. Clontarf Castle continued to change hands. Additional modern wings were added, and it opened as a four-star hotel in 1997. The castle boasts grand turrets, restaurants, a gift shop, and 111 bedrooms that range from deluxe to luxury suites. Much of the estate’s land has been sold. The property has a fairly sized curtilage and an ornamental gatehouse. #Castles #Ireland #ContarfCastle #WeddingVenue #ClontarfCastleHotel