
What is recorded here
Moy Castle stands in ruins on Moy Beg, County Clare, a lost castle marker rather than a described chamber. It may have watched the coast, hidden a family, or fallen before anyone wrote it down. What is missing is not a gap, but an invitation to imagine the people who shaped stone into a home and then disappeared from the story.
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen.
Date of upload: 8 December 2014
Moy Castle (in Ruins), Moy Beg was built in the late 16th or early 17th century by a member of the Ó Briain (O'Brien) family, the Gaelic lords of Thomond. It is remembered as an example of a defensive tower house constructed during a period of political instability in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo: Roger Diel · CC BY-SA 2.0