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What is recorded here

Ballybackagh Castle stood as a rectangular tower house owned by Walter MacJonyn in 1574, but time and human greed have reduced it to a hollow shell. The upper storeys collapsed inward and locals robbed the external walls for building stone, leaving only inaccessible ground-floor remains buried beneath farmyard clutter. What was once a defensible home for a Mayo family is now a forgotten foundation, swallowed by the very land it sought to dominate.

In farmyard, surrounded by farm buildings. Very poorly preserved, inaccessible remains of ground floor of rectangular tower (10.4m N-S; 13m E-W). Upper storeys have collapsed into interior. External walls largely robbed. No other architectural features. Owned by Walter MacJonyn in 1574 (Knox 1908, 347). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 704. Date of upload: 14 January 2015

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