
What is recorded here
Carrigafoyle Castle is recorded as a castle in County Kerry. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
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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