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A familiar feature of the Irish countryside are the ruins of 15th century Tower Houses. Many survive intact or have been restored. A statute of Henry VI in 1459 granted subsidies to those who built "sufficiently embattled or fortified castles" to be 20' long , 16" wide and at least 40" high. This resulted in a considerable number of such castles being built . In county Limerick alone some 400 were constructed. Originally these castles would have been enclosed by walled courtyards or bawns and our latest model shows what an original of such a building would have looked like. Today you can visit perfect examples such as at Thoor Ballylee (where the great Irish poet W.B.Yeats lived for a time) and Kinvara both in county Galway or at Tyrell's Pass in county Westmeath.
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