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According to Fitzgerald (1915-17, 376), 'in April, 1569, the crown made a grant … (to) Captain Henry Colley … provided that … he rebuild in Clonkeen ... a castle and bawn of stone … .' The castle (KD008-014----) is depicted as being occupied on a map of 1744 (NLI Ms. 9212, Map 13, 59), but is not shown on Taylor's…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD008-014001
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- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- JP, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Royalcanalrunner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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