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Gate House in County Galway was likely built as a defensive structure during the late medieval period, possibly by a local Anglo-Norman lord or Gaelic chieftain. It is remembered as an example of the many small castles and gatehouses that controlled access to lands and routes in western Ireland during the 13th to 16th centuries.

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