"Bunraite [Bunratty] is a large oblong strong pile of
building well defended by four strong towers built into the angles.
It is in good preservation, the whole roofed in and until lately the
residence of the Studderts of Bunratty. There is a police station in
part of it at present. It is about four miles south west of Six Mile
Bridge on the road between Limerick and Ennis. The foundation of Bunratty
is (except the form of the towers) like Tír Dá Ghlas
as given in the Dublin Penny Journal, vol 2, December 7, 1833."
From 
Letters
on the Antiquities of County Clare, 1835 by Eugene O’Curry
Reference
in Ordnance
Survey Letters by J. O’Donovan and E. Curry, 1839
Description
and drawing in The
History and Topography of the County of Clare by James Frost 1893
Description
in County Clare A History and Topography
1837 by Samuel Lewis
Description
in Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland
1845
Description
and drawing in The
Journal of Thomas Dineley, 1681
Description
in A Survey of Monuments
of Archaeological and Historical Interest in the Barony of Bunratty
Lower, Co. Clare by W.G. Ryan
Account
of the Siege of Bunratty Castle in The
History and Topography of the County of Clare by James Frost 1893
Account
of the Siege of Bunratty Castle in Diary
of an English Sea Captain by William Penn, 1646
Development
of Bunratty Castle as a tourist attraction in Empowering
the People: Brendan O'Regan Exhibition
The
Earthworks and Castle of Bunratty, Co. Clare by T.J. Westropp
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