Bunowen Castle

The name Bunowen derives from Bun Abhainn (river-mouth), referring to its location on the Atlantic shore near the mouth of a river in Ballyconneely, parish of Ballindoon, barony of Ballynahinch. The original castle was built in the early sixteenth century as a stronghold of the O'Flaherty clan, who ruled Connemara after being driven westward from Maigh Seola by Norman forces in the thirteenth c...