What is recorded here
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report).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.
Date of upload: 11 December 2014
Caherhurly Castle was built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the MacNamara clan, who were prominent Gaelic lords in Clare. It is remembered as an example of a defensible tower house reflecting the political and social structures of Gaelic Ireland during the late medieval period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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