Caisleán Wray

Castlewray's place name derives directly from the Wray family estate established during the Irish Plantation era. John Wray, an English merchant from Richmond, Yorkshire, arrived in Ireland in the early 1600s and purchased estates in County Donegal, establishing his initial seat at Oakpark. In 1639, his son Henry relocated to a newly constructed house at Castlewray, where he received a Crown gr...