Trim Castle

Trim Castle (Irish Caisleán Bhaile Átha Troim ) in Trim ( Co. Meath, Ireland) is a Norman castle dating from the 12th century. Built in an area of ​​approximately 30,000 m², it is considered as the largest fort originally in Europe. Today, however, the ruins of the old castle are still present.

History

At the site of the fort on the banks of the River Boyne built Hugh De Lacy, the first Lord of Meath and his son Walter in 1172 initially as a moth to a wooden tower, as the first act Cambro -Norman conquest in Meath. The castle was rapidly expanded and served as the center of the sphere of influence of the de Lacy family in Ireland. It offered protection, and thus became a magnet for trade and the monastery life.

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The ruin was the 1995 film Braveheart and the successful TV series Mystic Knights - The Legend of Tir Na Nog as a backdrop.