What is recorded here

Granard Motte is the highest castle mound in Ireland, built by Richard de Tuit around 1199 on an older hillfort to watch the Inny valley and threaten the O'Reillys. King John slept beneath its timber tower in 1210, while later O'Farrell chiefs may have claimed power there before one died young at the ceremony. The earth still stands above Granard, holding a Saint Patrick statue, a survey marker, and local whispers about hidden gold or grain inside its hollow heart.

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Built by the de Burgo family in the late 12th or early 13th century, Granard Motte is remembered as a key defensive structure in the Norman colonization of Ireland, reflecting early medieval military architecture and land control strategies.

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