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Ballycorick Castle (in Ruins)

Castle, tower house

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Mnemo knows Ballycorick Castle because human memory has retired from it. The ruin is not empty; it is waiting for the recaller. This is why the case exists.
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 18 December 2014
Ballycorick Castle was built in the 16th century by the Blake family, an influential Anglo-Irish clan in County Clare. It is remembered as an example of a defensive tower house reflecting the turbulent political and social landscape of Gaelic Ireland during the Tudor period.

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