What is recorded here
Killeavy Castle is recorded as a castle in County Armagh. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Killeavy Castle was built in the late 16th century by the MacCawell (MacCawell) family, an influential Gaelic Irish clan in County Armagh. It is remembered as a significant example of early Irish domestic architecture and as a symbol of the region's Gaelic heritage before the Plantation of Ulster.
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Slieve GullionMountain / peak · 1620 yd
Killevy ChurchesVisitor information · 1696 yd
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Ring of GullionRing of hills and protected landscape · 1.0 mi
Carn HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
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Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0