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Ballycumber House

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Not visible at ground level. Ballycumber house which was built in 1736 (Garner 1985, 13) was erected on the site of the castle. Date stone on the back wall of the house dates the castle to 1627. This datestone appears to be the top of a window frame probably belonging to the earlier castle which may have been a fortified house\tower house. The inscription reads ' DERMOT COGHLAN MADE THIS CASTELL IN ANNO DNI 1627'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF007-039

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