Cloughoughter Castle

This page uses the checked exact public identity for Cloughoughter Castle. For a large lake, park or mountain range, the map point marks the named place as a whole.

Cloughoughter Castle, located in County Cavan, was built in the 14th century by the MacMurrough Kavanagh family, Gaelic chieftains of the O’Reilly clan. It is important as a historically significant stronghold that played a key role in conflicts between Gaelic Irish and English forces, and it was the site of a major battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.