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Coolbanagher Castle (ruins)

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Coolbanagher Castle (ruins)
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Coolbanagher Castle stands in ruin across County Laois, its stones stripped of roof and purpose. What remains is a boundary marker for forgotten lives, not a complete house. The land still holds the shape of that loss, waiting for someone to remember why it was built.
Coolbanagher Castle (ruins) is recorded as a castle in County Laois. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Coolbanagher Castle was built in the 15th century by the MacMurrough Kavanagh family, who were prominent Gaelic lords in the area. The castle is remembered as a symbol of the region's medieval Gaelic heritage and the power struggles between native Irish and Anglo-Norman forces in Leinster.

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