What is recorded here

Ballygriffy Castle stands in County Clare as a ruined tower house, its four faces still marking the north, south, east and west despite age and weather. The structure carries a preservation order from 1947, meaning the state stepped in to stop total loss before the stone vanished entirely. Whatever family lived inside, they built tall and thin against danger, trusting height and solidity to keep them alive.

The following items have been uploaded: CL025-203002-_01.pdf Details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report).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. CL025-203002-_01.jpg View from NE. CL025-203002-_02.jpg E face. CL025-203002-_03.jpg W face. CL025-203002-_04.jpg S face. CL025-203002-_05.jpg N face. CL025-203002-_06.jpg Door on N face. Date of upload: 18 November 2019 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 182/1947).

Ballygriffy Castle, Ballygriffy South is a 16th-century tower house, likely built by a local Gaelic family in County Clare. It is remembered as an example of early Irish tower-house architecture and reflects the defensive needs of the period.

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