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Lissamota Castle

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Lissamota Castle
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Sixty feet of unbroken stone still pierce the Limerick sky, preserving a narrow chamber where angry men rained lead through murder holes and climbed spiral stairs to escape the dark. The Desmond name and later Broderick blood suggest a lineage of proud owners, yet the tower survived every confiscation and war because ordinary people kept living inside its thick walls. You can still touch the quiet strength of that continuity, imagining george Cornwall breathing warm air in the same chamber where medieval soldiers once waited for dawn.
Lissamota Castle is recorded as a castle in County Limerick. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Lissamota Castle was built in the 13th century by the MacNamara family, who were prominent Gaelic lords in the region. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in medieval County Limerick and as an example of early Irish castle architecture.

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