I would like to start off by saying thank you to the
following people who have been helping me with my research of Shane's Castle. I
would like to thank the owner of Shane's Castle for allowing me access to what is
private property and I would also like to thank Paranormal team East Coast
Paranormal Investigations who are also helping me out on my research. Shane's
Castle is full of so much history and I am set for weeks even months of working
very closely with ECPI to complete my research into Shane's
Castle
Shane's Castle is a ruined castle near Randalstown in County Antrim,
Northern Ireland. The castle is on the north-east shores of Lough Neagh. Built
in 1345 by a member of the O'Neill dynasty, it was originally called
Eden-duff-Carrick. Shane MacBrien O'Neill changed the name to Shane's Castle in
1722.
A terrace was built about the year 1800, in 1812 work was started to
rebuild the castle to the designs of John Nash but the castle was devastated by
a fire in 1816 and work abandoned. Only Nash's camellia house survives. In the
1860s a second house was built by Charles Lanyon and William Henry Lynn of
Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon, for the 1st Lord O'Neill. The demesne covers 2,600
acres along the shores of Lough Neagh.
The castle is used extensively in the HBO series Game of Thrones (TV
series)
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