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The castle (RO056-011001-) is situated on the callows or flood-plain on the W bank of the River Shannon, about 30m from the river, at a place known locally in 1955 as Keena's Ford (SMR file). The road (RO056-008----) from Falia eastwards through Cloonburren, which is marked on the Strafford map of c. 1636 (Simington…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO056-011003
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- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Javier Mediavilla Ezquibela, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Maker not stated on source page, www.geograph.ie
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Jonathan Thacker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
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