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Cloonagashel Castle

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Cloonagashel Castle
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Cloonagashel Castle stood in County Mayo as a Burke stronghold beside the old town of Ballinrobe, where Monday markets filled streets with calves, cloth and barley. Its stones likely watched fairs, priestly dangers and republican courts, while families argued, loved and survived beneath its roof. The castle still belongs to that busy human world, not to silence.
Cloonagashel Castle is recorded as a castle in County Mayo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Cloonagashel Castle was built by the O'Flaherty clan in the 15th or 16th century in County Mayo. It is remembered as a historic stronghold associated with the Gaelic Irish resistance against English expansion in the region.

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