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attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report).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
Caherrush Castle was built in the late 16th century by the O'Donovan family, a Gaelic Irish clan of the region. It is remembered as an example of a defensive tower house constructed during a period of political instability and English encroachment in western Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Promontory fortPromontory fort, coastal · 78 yd
Caherrush Children's Burial GroundArchaeological place · 353 yd
Emlagh PointHeadland · 1239 yd
Spanish Point BeachBeach / strand · 1641 yd
Atlantic Lodgecoastguard station · 1.0 mi
Bealaclugga Bridgebridge · 1.1 mi
Spanish PointVisitor information · 1.1 mi
Seafield North BeachBeach / strand · 2.1 mi
Lurga PointHeadland · 2.3 mi
Tromra CastleCastle, tower house · 2.3 mi
White StrandBeach / strand · 2.6 mi
Freagh CastleRuins · 3.0 miOther information
Photo: Roger Diel · CC BY-SA 2.0