Drumharsna Castle

Located 5 kilometres (3.11 miles) south west of the village of Ardrahan, Co. Galway, this solid though formidably bleak five-story early-to-mid-16th-century tower house was built by the Anglo-Norman Kilkelly (McGillakelly) family, and was later owned by Shane Ballagh, of the O’Shaughnessy family, who was granted the castle and lands in 1574 by Queen Elizabeth I of England. In the early 18th cen...