What is recorded here

Cloonlara North holds a ten-by-nine-metre castle chamber for Mac Keggen in 1574, reduced now to a low bank and field wall. It is not grand, but it is exact: a small stone room set inside a wider enclosure, with a possible causeway running south. The land has kept the shape long after the name changed, waiting for someone to walk the causeway and imagine the door.

Within an enclosure (GA006-047----). In existence in 1574 when 'Cloghtrintynode' castle was in the possession of 'Mac Keggen' (Nolan 1901b, 117). All that survives is a poorly preserved rectangular enclosure (L 10m, Wth 9m) defined by a low bank overlain along N side by a field wall. A possible causeway runs off to S. (Knight c. 1975, 12) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 14 May 2014

In 1574, Castle, unclassified in Cloonlara North, was held by Mac Keggen, as recorded in historical accounts. Its importance lies in its association with early modern landholding and Gaelic lordship in the region.

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