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Dunluce Castle, County Antrim

Dunluce Castle Dunluce Castle is a shattered mediæval castle on the wild north coast of County Antrim. It stands perched on the edge of a basalt outcropping overlooking the Atlantic waves, between Portballintrae and Portrush, and is accessible by way of a bridge connecting it to the mainland. The castle is surrounded by extremely steep drops on either side, which gave the castle in its day a seemingly impregnable position, as it did to predecessor forts on this spot back to earliest times; however it had no defence to the sea, which ultimately broke the castle, leaving it a shadow of the place from which Sorley Boy McDonnell ruled in the days of Elizabeth I. (Read more)