Swords Castle: Digging History: Excavations 2015-17

Swords was once a major administrative centre, the headquarters of a vast estate belonging to the archbishop of Dublin, one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the country. It was especially fitting that in 1996 Fingal County Council selected Swords as its headquarters, the splendid new offices now overlooking this ancient sent of authority. And the year 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the first serious investigation of the castle, when the late Tom Fanning excavated a highly deco...