Castle Ashford in Ireland is one of the most beautiful castles in the world

A castle was built on the perimeter of a monastic site in 1228 by the Anglo-Norman House of Burke on the site of an earlier castle. A medieval-Victorian castle, Ashford Castle now serves as a five-star luxury hotel on the Galway side of Lough Corrib in Ireland, on the Mayo-Galway border, near Cong on the Mayo-Galway border, near Cong on the Mayo-Galway border on the Galway side of Lough Corrib. Red Carnation Hotels owns and operates the hotel, which was previously owned by the Guinness family and is a member of their organization.