Glenveagh Castle

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Glenveagh Castle (Irish: Caisleán Ghleann Bheatha ) is a Scottish style castle, situated within Glenveagh National Park in County Donegal, Ireland. The Scottish style castle was built between 1870 and 1873 and consists of a four storey rectangular keep surrounded by a garden, and has a backdrop of some 16,540 hectares (40,873 acres) of mountains, lakes, glens and woods complete with a herd of red deer. The Visitor Centre has displays that explain the park as well as an audio-visual show and is accessible for visitors with disabilities. The gardens and castle were presented to the Irish nation in 1981 by Henry McIlhenny of Philadelphia who had purchased the estate in 1937.

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