What is recorded here

No wall, gate or chamber survives at Cloonmore, only the house name and a castle claim repeated in later lists. The real building may have vanished before anyone drew it, or never have been a castle at all. What remains is a ghost inside a record, born from trust in a label rather than stone.

Listed in the SMR (1992) as ‘Castle, possible site of’ and identified with ‘Cloonmore House (in Ruins)’ named on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map (SMR file). As there are no surviving remains of a castle at Cloonmore (see Cróinín and Breen report attached) the precise location of this castle must remain unknown. Compiled by: Paul Walsh 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attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report).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: 15 December 2014

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