Farragh Castle, County Mayo

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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In pasture, located on elevated ground. This castle is shown on the Down Survey Barony map (1656-8). It is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a square building (max. dim. c. 10m), named ‘Farragh Castle’, and it is noted in the 1838 OS Letters as follows: 'In the townland of Farragh were the ruins of a castle and bawne, the site of which should be shown on the plan.' (O’Flanagan 1927, 60). By the time of the 1929 OS 6-inch edition the building is no longer shown, and the location is marked ‘Farragh Castle (Site of)’. There is no visible trace of the castle or of the bawn (MA022-025002-). It appears to have been located on a low knoll. A stream, which was diverted around the base of the knoll at E and S, fed a mill, indicated as ‘Flax mill (in Ruins)’ on the 1929 OS 6-inch map, was located to SE of the castle, but no trace of the mill survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA022-025001

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Killala GAA Club, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
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