Swords Castle was built as the manorial residence of the first Anglo-Norman Archbishop of Dublin, John Comyn, around 1200

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Swords Castle was built as a summer palace for Archbishop Comyn. The Archbishop was also a Norman baron who had his own constable resident in the castle. The constable was empowered to hold court and even to pass the death sentence. For this purpose he had a gallows outside the town on the Brackenstown Road. The castle was in ruin since 1324 and is currently being restored for the purposes of a heritage centre.

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