{"id":526,"date":"2019-10-23T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildingsofireland.fusio.dev\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2019-10-23T10:42:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:42:16","slug":"enniscorthy-enniscorthy-castle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.buildingsofireland.ie\/ga\/places-to-visit\/wexford\/enniscorthy-enniscorthy-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Enniscorthy: Enniscorthy Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Enniscorthy Castle can trace its origins back to the thirteenth century and over its history has been &#8220;home&#8221; to Norman knights, English armies, local merchants, Irish rebels and Republican prisoners.\u00a0 A tour of Enniscorthy Castle showcases the interlinked history of the castle and town from the Anglo-Norman period up to the twentieth century.\u00a0 Wall art in the dungeon has been the subject of much archaeological debate; a floor furnished in the Edwardian style remembers the time when Enniscorthy Castle was home to the Roche family; a space has also been given over to copies of furniture designed by the internationally-renowned Enniscorthy-born Eileen Gray (1878-1976).\u00a0 The roof of Enniscorthy Castle is accessible and from the battlemented parapets visitors can enjoy panoramic vistas overlooking the town and the windmill stump on the summit of Vinegar Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a title=\"Enniscorthy Castle website\" href=\"http:\/\/enniscorthycastle.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0to visit the Enniscorthy Castle website[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Enniscorthy Castle can trace its origins back to the thirteenth century and over its history has been &#8220;home&#8221; to Norman knights, English armies, local merchants, Irish rebels and Republican prisoners.\u00a0 A tour of Enniscorthy Castle showcases the interlinked history of the castle and town from the Anglo-Norman period up to the twentieth century.\u00a0 Wall art<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527,"parent":113,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"views\/template-place-to-visit.blade.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-526","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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