What is recorded here
Carrigafoyle Castle was built in the late 15th century by the O'Donoghue dynasty, a powerful Gaelic Irish clan. It is important as a well-preserved example of a tower house and as a historical site associated with the resistance against English expansion in the region during the late medieval period.
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Places near here
Carrigafoyle Cas. (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 3 yd
Siege of Carrigafoyle Castlesiege · 131 yd
Church (in ruins)Church · 160 yd
Kilelton Farm Yardfarmyard complex · 178 yd
CastleCastle, ringwork · 274 yd
Causeway in Carrig IslandCauseway · 305 yd
ToberscatteryHoly well · 563 yd
Carrig IslandIsland · 601 yd
Fawley's PointHeadland · 3.0 mi
Scattery IslandIsland · 3.0 mi
Scattery Island Visitor CentreVisitor information · 3.2 mi
Mall PointHeadland · 3.4 miOther information
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