Barmeath Castle was erected in the 15th century and the Bellew family have lived there since 1670. It is the ancestral seat of the Barons Bellew.

Bellew's Castle was built by Richard Bellew, an Anglo- Normal lord, in 1472. Richard Bellew was encouraged by the government to erect the castle in order to protect the Pale against the marauding Irish from Ulster. For this, he was provided with a grant of £10