Trim Castle

Trim Castle is a Norman fortress at the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. With an area of 30,000 m², it's far the largest Norman fort in Ireland. Over a length of 30 years, it was built by way of Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter as the caput of the Lordship of Meath. The Castle changed into used as a centre of Norman administration for the Lordship of Meath, one of the new administrative regions of Ireland created with the aid of King Henry II of England.

The site was chosen because it's far on raised floor, overlooking a fording factor at the River Boyne. The vicinity changed into an vital early medieval ecclesiastical and royal web page that become navigable in medieval instances by way of boat up the River Boyne, about 25 miles from the Irish Sea. Trim Castle is stated inside the Norman poem The Song of Dermot and the Earl. Hugh de Lacy took ownership of it in 1172. De Lacy built a large ringworm castle defended through a stout double palisade and outside ditch on top of the hill.