The stunning Knockabbey Castle in Louth Village is back on the market after a sale for it fell through.

Talk of the Town reported in August how the castle looked set to sell after more than five years on the market after going sale agreed with Dublin-based estate agents Coldwell Banker Leeson Estates.

However, it appears the sale couldn’t be completed with the 11 bed property now back on the market with a €1.25m asking price.

It first went on the market in Apri… (View original article)

A Scottish castle has gone up for sale at a price less than the average home.

Granted, real estate website Rightmove lists it as a villa with ‘castellated tower’.

But we’re talking turrets, the lot, so the word castle seems entirely appropriate.

Built in the 19th century, the Gothic B-listed building in Springburn, Glasgow, has a lounge and a sitting room, three bedrooms, a pretty indoor garden, a spiral staircase leading to the top of the tower, Glasgow Live rep… (View original article)

This has been “an exceptional year” for the five-star Ashford Castle hotel, with earnings and revenues likely to increase significantly from 2015.

That is according to the general manager of the luxury hotel, Niall Rochford, who said that the hotel has enjoyed occupancy rates “of the mid to high 90s” between mid-May and the end of September this year.

Mr Rochford was commenting on new accounts filed by Ashford Castle Hotel Ltd which show that earnings at the hotel last year … (View original article)

An elite selection of Tayside attractions will be showcased to the world at the UK’s most important travel event.

The Black Watch Castle Museum in Perth will join Scone Palace, Blair Castle and Glamis Castle at the World Travel Market 2016 event in London.

Together with the Salutation Hotel in Perth, the delegation will be led south by VisitScotland for a three-day gathering that could shape their futures.

More than 50,000 industry professionals are expected to atten… (View original article)

Bucharest: All night long, a cold wind howled around the gothic castle that inspired the Dracula legend, as a Canadian brother and sister became the first people to pass the night there in 70 years.

But it wasn’t the wind that kept Robin Varma, a PhD student in political science, awake at Bran Castle in Transylvania. Rather it was the incessant chattering of his sister.

“He put the lid on his coffin so he could sleep. … He was sick of hearing me talk,” Tami Varma, an events… (View original article)

SPOOKY tales from the castle keep and a medieval jester school were among the activities at Conisbrough’s Hallowe’en celebrations.

Conisbrough Castle held a Spooky Spectacular for families on Saturday, with ghoulish craft activities, face painting and a fancy dress competition.

The next major event at the castle will be next weekend, when illuminated poppy images will be projected onto the walls of the castle.

The tribute, between 7pm and 9.30pm next Thursd… (View original article)

Architecture firm Hugh Broughton Architects has been granted planning permission for contentious designs to revamp the keep of York Castle.

Last week York councillors voted in favour of the proposals by an 11 to three majority. This was despite a petition against the project which attracted more than 2,000 signatures (Stop English Heritage Making Clifford’s Tower Look Like Disneyland!).

Hugh Broughton Architects is working with conservation specialists Martin Ashley Architect… (View original article)

Muncaster’s Wedding Fayre is this Sunday 6th November – your opportunity to view one of the Lake District’s top wedding venues!

FREE ENTRY for all for the day, to the fayre in the Castle and Old Laundry function room, plus Gardens and Hawk & Owl Centre, so whether you’re planning a wedding or just a bit of a romantic, it’s a great day out for everyone.

Come and meet the cream of Cumbria and Northern England’s wedding suppliers – dresses and cars, entertainers and favours,… (View original article)