What is recorded here

Ballymote Castle stands as the last of the Norman castles in Connacht, built around 1300 by Richard de Burgh to guard his new lands in County Sligo. Its thick walls and six towers create a rare symmetry, yet the missing south gate hints at the sudden violence that cut its construction short when the O'Connors seized it in 1317. The stone still holds the shape of that interrupted ambition, preserving a moment when imperial ambition met local resistance under an open sky.

Ballymote Castle is recorded as a castle in County Sligo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

Ballymote Castle was built in the 13th century by the O'Conor kings of Connacht, with later expansions by the de Burgh lords of Connacht. It is important as a strategic medieval stronghold and is associated with the historical conflict between Irish and Anglo-Norman forces in the region.