Sandal Castle Sussex and Reigate in Surrey, Castle Acre Castle in Norfolk and Conisbrough in Yorkshire. In 1347, Edward III granted Sandal to his fifth son Edmund of Langley who was six years old at the time. His elder brother John of Gaunt held Pontefract and Knaresborough Castles, Edmund was granted Wark Castle near Coldstream in the Scottish Borders, and in 1377 Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire which was to become his home, and for the next 75 years the family seems to have spent little time at Sandal, leaving it to the management of constables or stewards. In 1385 Edmund was made
Dromore Castle (County Clare) Dromore Castle (County Clare) Dromore Castle is a tower house and National Monument located between the towns of Crusheen and Corofin in County Clare, Ireland. Today, it is administered by the National Parks and Wildlife Service as part of the Dromore Wood Nature Reserve. Dromore Castle is located on a peninsula in the northern part of Dromore Lake, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) east of Ruan. It lies within the Nature Preserve of Dromore Wood. Dromore townland lies between the towns of Crusheen and Corofin, west of the M18 motorway and north of Ennis. Dromore Castle was probably constructed in the