Botharboy Pass, road in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Traditionally built by the Red Earl, who may be Red Hugh O'Donnell (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 105) or Ulick Burke, the Red Earl of Ulster c. 1300, it was further consolidated by Manus O'Donnell in 1540 and Owen Roe O'Neill in 1648 (O'Rorke, 1890, vol. 2, 299-301). It runs N-S through rough pasture and blanket bog across the Curlew Mountains in a valley called the Yellow Pass connecting Boyle with Co. Sligo (L c. 3km), and the battle of the Curlews (RO006-002001-) in 1599 was fought along part of its length. Its N end in Co. Sligo is in a coniferous forest, but it can be traced (L c. 1km) in Co. Roscommon across bogland as a depression (Wth 6-9m; D c. 0.2-1m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO005-003

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Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Daniel Waters, Co. Sligo, Ireland from Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Real Group Photos / realboyle (Flickr account); individual photographer not stated, www.flickr.com
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