# Inch Castle > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Inch_Castle > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Inch_Castle.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch_Castle > Source revision: 1344550999 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ruined castle in County Donegal, Ireland For the castle in Renfrewshire, see [Renfrew Castle](/source/Renfrew_Castle). Inch Castle Interactive map of the Inch Castle area General information Type Castle Location Ireland View towards Inch Castle **Inch Castle** is a ruined castle located on the southern tip of [Inch Island](/source/Inch_Island) in [County Donegal](/source/County_Donegal) in [Ulster](/source/Ulster), the northern [province](/source/Provinces_of_Ireland) in [Ireland](/source/Ireland). The castle was constructed around [1430](/source/1430_in_Ireland) by the [Gaelic Irish](/source/Gaelic_Irish) lord Neachtain O'Donnell for his father-in-law, Cahir O'Doherty.[1] The *[Ó Dochartaigh](/source/%C3%93_Dochartaigh)* (O'Doherty) clan were the dominant family on the nearby peninsula of [Inishowen](/source/Inishowen) and had close links with the O'Donnells. It came to form part of the defensive network of O'Doherty fortifications designed to protect them from rival clans and to overawe those who accepted their overlordship. [Burt Castle](/source/Burt_Castle) is located just across [Lough Swilly](/source/Lough_Swilly) on the mainland, and this has sometimes led to the two being confused in historical accounts.[2] It should also not be confused with [Inch Fort](/source/Inch_Fort), a much later development on the northern tip of the island which is now also in ruins.[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Walsh p204 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Doherty p.163 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Walsh p.204 ## Bibliography - Doherty, Richard. *The Siege of Derry, 1689: The Military History*. Spellmount, 2010. - Walsh, David. *Oileáin: a guide to the Irish islands*. 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