Kinnitty Castle

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Kinnitty Castle is a castle in Kinnitty, County Offaly, Ireland. It is located north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R421 regional road between the villages of Kinnitty and Cadamstown.

A pyramid was built by the Bernard family who resided in Kinnitty Castle, on the site of St. Finnians monastery, the high cross of which is still situated on the site.

From 1955 to 1985, Kinnitty Castle hosted a Forestry Training College. It is now a hotel.

[edit] External links

• Kinnity Castle website

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