What is recorded here
Castle, unclassified in Brackloon (castlereagh By., Baslick Ed) stands in County Roscommon, Ireland. Dowaltagh O'Connor held it in 1585, while Thomas Dillon owned it by 1640. The exact site has vanished, leaving behind a gap where stone and memory should meet.
A castle in Brackloon in Ballintober barony was held by Dowaltagh O'Connor in 1585 (Freeman 1936, 163), but by 1640 it was owned by Thomas Dillon (Simington 1949, 16). Its precise location is not known.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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