Lough Cutra Castle: A Nineteenth-Century Castle in County Galway
Site at a Glance
- Rating
- 4.5
- Popularity
- Very Low
- Country
- Ireland
- Primary era
- Modern
- External website
- Open
- Eras represented
- Modern
- Civilizations
- British
- Site type
- Domestic
- Remains
- Castle
History
Lough Cutra Castle is a privately owned nineteenth-century castle in Ireland, near Gort in south County Galway. Designed by the English architect John Nash for Colonel Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort, it was built between 1811 and 1817 beside Lough Cutra.
John Nash was known for major nineteenth-century buildings in Britain and Ireland. Charles Vereker held the title of 2nd Viscount Gort, a hereditary rank below an earl and above a baron in the British and Irish peerage systems.
The castle later passed to Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, and became his residence. Gough was a British field marshal and military commander. In 1952, Standish Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort, purchased the castle. Sir Humphry Wakefield subsequently restored it while married to Gort’s great-niece, the Hon. Elizabeth Sidney.
Lough Cutra Castle stands within grounds covering about 600 acres, while Lough Cutra itself covers approximately 1,000 acres. The Gwyn Jones family owns the castle.
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