Necarne Castle, also known as Castle Irvine, is a Victorian gothic house near Irvinestown in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Necarne Castle
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Alternative namesCastle Irvine
General information
Architectural styleVictorian, Gothic
ClassificationListed
Town or cityIrvinestown, County Fermanagh
CountryNorthern Ireland
Coordinates54°27′50″N 7°38′06″W / 54.464°N 7.635°W / 54.464; -7.635
Groundbreakingc1619
Construction started1831
Completed1835
Design and construction
Architect(s)John Benjamin Keane

The two-storey façade was designed by John Benjamin Keane and was completed in 1835.[1]: 293 [2] A castle was originally built on the site around 1619 by a Scottish planter called Gerard Lowther.

In the 1990s the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs signed a 25 year lease on the property to use it as an equine training centre which ran until 2023.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Robert Graham, Henry J. Heaney (editor) (1999). A Scottish Whig in Ireland, 1835–1838: The Irish Journals of Robert Graham of Redgorton. Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 9781851824540.
  2. ^ "CO. FERMANAGH, CASTLE IRVINE (IRVINESTOWN) Dictionary of Irish Architects -". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  3. ^ "A White Elephant". The Irish Aesthete. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2023.