Killynan House, castle in County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

The precise location of Killynan Castle has not been identified. The castle is depicted on the 1655-9 Down Survey map of Rathconnell parish (NLI, MS 723-4). The castle is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Killynan House was visited in 1983 and no fabric of any medieval castle was identified in the house or in the farmyard belonging to the house.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM020-003

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