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attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report).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: 18 December 2014
Cahermurphy Castle was built by the MacNamara family in the 15th or 16th century and is remembered as a notable example of a tower house in the Castlepark area. It reflects the defensive and social structures of Gaelic Ireland during the late medieval period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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