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| Kilkeedy Castle | Moyhree Castle | Derryowen Castle | Turkenagh Castle |
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Kilkeedy Castle is situated in the townland
of Castlequarter in Kilkeedy. Only the north facing wall remains intact
today. Very little is known of the history except that in 1584 it was
owned by Mahon O'Brien, the son of the Baron of Inchiquin. This was a
tower of four floors and a garret(attic) under the roof. Vaulting(an
arched structure that forms an arch of a ceiling) occurs only over the
ground floor. |
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Moyhree Castle is possibly one of the best
preserved of the towerhouses in the parish. It is situated in the south of
the parish. The tower measures 22m by 12m with a north facing entrance. In
historical documents it has been noted that this tower was owned by the
Earl of Thomond in 1584. There is a river running under the castle called Moyhree river. |
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This castle has been dated around the
period 1450-1500.The Annals of the Four Masters say that this
castle belonged at one time to the O'Shaughnessy clan. Later it came into
the hands of a George Cusack of Dromoland and on his assasination it came
into the hands of the O'Briens.
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Turkenagh New castle has no history and is now very much destroyed. It is in townland of Garrynacallacha and by the shores of Lough George. Garrynacallacha means the garden of the landing place and it is thought that maybe the tower house here supervised the transport on the lakes Muckenagh, Cullann and Lough George itself.
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