What is recorded here
Clare Castle at Skehanagh is an Anglo-Norman masonry castle in County Clare, Ireland. Its stones may still hold the shape of rooms, guards and ordinary life, though much of that time has faded from memory.
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen.
Date of upload: 12 December 2014
Clare Castle, Skehanagh was built by the Fitzgeralds, Lords of Desmond, in the 15th century. It is remembered as an example of late medieval tower-house architecture in the Clare region and reflects the political and territorial influence of the Fitzgerald family in the area.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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