What is recorded here
Coolistoonan stands in County Clare, Ireland, marked only as an unclassified castle site. Its exact history and function remain unknown, but the land still carries the shadow of a structure that once rose there. Perhaps it guarded a river crossing, housed a local family, or fell victim to forgotten conflict. The absence of detail does not diminish the place; it invites imagination to fill the gap with human life, ambition and loss.
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attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report).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: 16 December 2014
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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