Count Taaff's Castle, Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland
Count Taaff's Castle, Carlingford, County Louth, Republic of Ireland - built as a fortified town tower house in the early 16th century by a rich merchant family; the Taaffe's. The Taaffe family became Earls of Carlingford in 1661 and Nicholas Taaffe fell at the battle of the Boyne in 1690. The Taaffe family later emigrated to Austria
Picture No
14022246
Media ID
45834964
Size
5370px x 3409px
(8.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
McCorquodale & Co. Ltd. postcard for the London & North Western Railway Company
Date
1907
