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Fartamore Castle (ruins)

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Fartamore Castle (ruins)
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Fartamore Castle stands in ruins across County Galway, its stones stripped of roof and purpose. The name itself sounds like a trick the land played on human tongues, fitting for a place that kept no guard but watched the horizon anyway. What remains is a skeleton of ambition, half-swallowed by grass and rain.
Fartamore Castle (ruins) is recorded as a castle in County Galway. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Fartamore Castle was built in the 15th century by the Blake family, an influential Norman-Irish clan in County Galway. It is remembered as a significant medieval stronghold reflecting the power and territorial control of the Blakes in the region during the late Middle Ages.

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Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0