What is recorded here
Finlough castle stands in ruins, its walls broken and purpose obscured. The name suggests a fortified home, yet no clear date or owner survives to confirm the shape of its life. What remains is a gap where a building should be, forcing imagination to fill the silence.
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attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report).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: 15 December 2014
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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