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Arkin's Castle

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Arkin's Castle
Photo: Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Report the wrong picture

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Map note: Arkin's Castle is a castle in County Galway, Ireland. The name has plenty of swagger; the map supplies the actual spot.
Arkin's Castle is recorded as a castle in County Galway.

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Paucabot, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Guilhem Boyer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Tom Pullman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Herbert Ortner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Marathon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Chairego apc, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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