Hugh de Lacy began Trim Castle in County Meath after receiving the land from Henry II in 1172. A timber and earth ringwork came first, and the keep was built in stages from about 1174 to 1205. Walter de Lacy continued the work after Hugh's death in 1186. The article names no architect and gives conflicting completion dates.
The site covers about 7.4 acres (30,000 square m), which the article calls the largest Cambro-Norman castle in Ireland. The three-story keep is cruciform with twenty corners, which the article calls unique for a Norman keep. The great hall has three aisles and an undercroft with a water gate to the river.
The Irish state bought the castle in 1993, and it reopened in 2000 after restoration. The grounds are open for a fee, and the keep is open only by guided tour. It is a National Monument of Ireland.
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