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Castle (in ruins)

Castle, tower house
Castle (in ruins)
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What is recorded here

Leitrim More stands in County Galway as a ruined tower house, its stones stripped of roof and purpose but still casting a shadow across the field. The castle belonged to an age when local power needed walls thick enough to stop arrows and pride large enough to build them. Nothing in the surviving record names the family, dates the construction or explains the fall, leaving a gap where a story should be. The silence is not empty; it is a room with the furniture removed, waiting for someone to remember what lived inside.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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