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Cashlaundarragh

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Cashlaundarragh
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Cashlaundarragh stands as a castle in County Galway, though no further detail survives to sharpen its edges. It may have watched roads, hidden lovers or simply resisted forgetting. Whatever it did, it is still named, which means someone valued the shape of the place enough to keep it company.
Cashlaundarragh is recorded as a castle in County Galway. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Cashlaundarragh was a 16th-century tower house built by the Blake family, an influential Anglo-Norman clan in west Galway. It is remembered as an example of early defensive architecture in the region and reflects the historical presence of the Blakes in the area during the Tudor period.

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