Durhamstown Castle

600-year-old tower house in County Meath operating as a guest house and restaurant, continuously inhabited since 1420.

Durhamstown Castle is a tower house in County Meath, built around 1420 and inhabited continuously ever since. It takes its name from a family called Dorream, recorded here in 1511. Today the building operates as a guest house and restaurant, which means visitors can sleep and eat in a structure that has been in use since the late medieval period. County Meath has an unusual density of historic sites, and Durhamstown is the kind of place encountered almost by chance – low-key in appearance but genuine in its history.