What is recorded here
Castle Creevagh stood in Muckrussaun when Richard MacMoyler held it in 1574. Whether his halls welcomed traders or resisted them remains unknown, but the name still belongs to the land.
Known as Creevagh. Castle of Richard MacMoyler in 1574 (Knox 1908, 347).
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 698.
Date of upload: 16 January 2015
Built by Richard MacMoyler in 1574, the castle at Muckrussaun, also known as Creevagh, is remembered as a historical site associated with Gaelic landholding in the region during the late 16th century.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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