What is recorded here

Castle, unclassified in Killeen (clonmacnowen By.) is a grass-covered stone mound beside a railway line in County Galway, Ireland. Sean na Maighe O'Kelly occupied it during the 16th century, and local information claims castle stone helped build the adjacent railway. The railway may have taken the castle apart while carrying people past the place where it stood.

In undulating grassland, c. 40m S of a railway line. Egan (1960, 37) notes that this castle was occupied by 'Sean na Maighe O'Kelly' in the 16th C. All that survives is a grass and tree-covered mound of unworked stone (D c. 22m H < 3m) across which, from NW to E, a curving line of grass-covered foundation stones extend. No other visible surface trace survives. According to local information, stone from the castle was used in the construction of the adjacent railway line. 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). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Built or occupied by Sean na Maighe O'Kelly in the 16th century; it is remembered as a historical site associated with the O'Kelly clan, an important Gaelic family in the region.

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