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Cloonacauneen Castle

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Cloonacauneen Castle is a five-storey tower house built in 1490 by the De Burgo (Burke) family, powerful Anglo-Norman lords who dominated Connacht during the Late Medieval period. The castle stands approximately fifty feet tall and exemplifies the military architecture of fifteenth-century Ireland, featuring characteristic tower house elements including spiral staircases, murder holes, defensiv...

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