Dunguaire Castle is situated outside the little village of Kinvara, about 300 metres on the coast road in the direction of Galway city.  This castle comprises of a 75 foot tower and defensive wall.  The restored tower house sits on a rocky outcrop on the shores of Galway Bay.

The castle was built in 1520 by the Hynes clan.  In the 17th century it was passed onto the Martyn clan of Galway who remained in the stonghold until 1924. It was Oliver St. John Gogarty, a well known surgeon and writer who bought and restored the castle and made it a meeting place for literary greats like George Bernard Shaw, Lady Gregory, J.M Synge and W.B. Yeats.

The castle is now in the hands of Shannon Development. From mid-April to mid-October each year, the castle hosts medieval banquets where guests can enjoy a delicious four course meal and fine wines whilst be entertained by songs, stories and poems (especially the poems of Yeats, Gogarty, Shaw and Synge).