What is recorded here
Moyry Castle was built in the late 16th century by the MacDermotts of Moyry, a Gaelic Irish family, during the Tudor period of English expansion in Ireland. It is remembered as a symbol of local resistance and as an example of a typical Irish tower house during the late medieval period.
Places near here
CASTLE & BAWN: MOYRY or MOIRY CASTLE in CarrickbroadCASTLE & BAWN: MOYRY or MOIRY CASTLE · 8 yd
ENCLOSURE in CarrickbroadENCLOSURE · 311 yd
Kilnasggart inscribed stoneArchaeological place · 521 yd
KILNASAGGART INSCRIBED PILLAR STONE & CEMETERY with 6 CROSS-CARVED STONES: CELL NA SACART in EdenappaKILNASAGGART INSCRIBED PILLAR STONE & CEMETERY with 6 CROSS-CARVED STONES: CELL NA SACART · 521 yd
SlievenaboleaMountain / peak · 730 yd
Claret Rock Househouse · 1535 yd
Ring of Gullion Way - Section 3Walking route · 1577 yd
Ring of Gullion WayWalking route · 1737 yd
Feede MountainMountain / peak · 1759 yd
bridgebridge · 1.1 mi
Faughart MoundCastle, motte · 1.2 mi
1978 British Army Gazelle downingaviation accident · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: Ron Murray · CC BY-SA 2.0