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Castle, unclassified

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Castle, unclassified stands in Corradooey, County Longford. A castellated tower house appears on the Down Survey map of Templemichael parish near the Camlin River. The exact spot has never been identified, so the castle remains a shadow on paper rather than a shape in the field.
A castellated tower house is depicted on the Down Survey (1655–6) map of Templemichael parish (NLI, MS 719) in the N sector of the townland, close to the Camlin River. Its precise location has not been identified. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 3 October 2012
A castellated tower house at Corradooey is recorded on the 1655–56 Down Survey map, likely held by a local Gaelic or Anglo-Irish family during the 17th century. It is remembered as part of the defensive and territorial landscape of early modern Ireland.

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