Donegal Castle

	A replica of how the castle looked in the 1500's.
	The Castle and monastery was built by the Chieftain Hugh Roe O'Donnell (1461-1505). It was later occupied by the flamboyant Manus (d. 1563) who married five times and had nineteen children.
	The descendants of Manus vied for the chieftainship and warred with the O'Neills until Hugh Dubh was inaugurated. In 1592, when he was an old man, he gave up the chieftainship in favor of his son Red Hugh.
	The lower level, where the arms were stored.
	The store room
	The narrow stairway to the upper floors.
	The main hall.
	The roof is held together with wooden pegs. Iron nails would corrode the wood beams.

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