klˈɔntɑːɹf kˈæsəl wʌz pˈeɪntᵻd baɪ dʒˈeɪ. ˈɛm. dˈʌbəljˌuː. tˈɜːnɚ, ɔːlðˈoʊ hiː nˈɛvɚ vˈɪzɪɾᵻd ɪɾ ɪz sˈɛd təbi hɪz ˈoʊnli ˈaɪɹɪʃ sˈʌbdʒɛkt; hɪz pˈeɪtɹən wˈɔltɚ fˈɔːks wʌz mˈæɹid tə mɚɹˈiːə soʊfˈiə vˈɜːnən ʌv klˈɔntɑːɹf ænd wˈʌn ʌv hɜː skˈɛtʃᵻz ɪz bᵻlˈiːvd tə hɐvbɪn ðə bˈeɪsɪs ʌvðə fˈɪnɪʃt wˈɔːɾɚkˌʌlɚ.
Clontarf Castle was painted by J. M. W. Turner, although he never visited (it is said to be his only Irish subject); his patron Walter Fawkes was married to Maria Sophia Vernon of Clontarf and one of her sketches is believed to have been the basis of the finished watercolour.