Ballymalis Castle

Ballymalis castle is a typical Irish tower house, located 4km northwest of Beaufort overlooking the river Laune. Originally built by the Ó Muircheartaigh family in the early 16th century, however others credit the Ó Fearghuis with its construction. The Ó Fearghuis family, guardians of the line of the Laune, are credited with the renovations of the tower in the later 16th Murrough McOwen Ferris,...