What is recorded here
The precise location of a possible castle in the townland of Cloonmore recorded in folklore collected from 'The Spa' School in Tralee has not been identified. Folklore collected in 1938 from 'The Spa' recorded that 'In 1587, Queen Elizabeth gave the following lands to Sir Francis Walshingham, and Edward Denny. The Castle and lands called Clounnmore [Cloonmore], late John McAndrew's with a garden' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 317; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706322/4702429/4724593).
The precise location of a possible castle in the townland of Cloonmore recorded in folklore collected from 'The Spa' School in Tralee has not been identified. Folklore collected in 1938 from 'The Spa' recorded that 'In 1587, Queen Elizabeth gave the following lands to Sir Francis Walshingham, and Edward Denny. The Castle and lands called Clounnmore [Cloonmore], late John McAndrew's with a garden' (The Schools’…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE029-190
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- dalvenjah on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Raymond Norris, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Patrick Wyse Jackson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Ian Taylor, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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