What is recorded here

Lougheask Demesne in County Donegal holds an O'Donnell tower-house buried under ivy near the wood's edge, beside a forgotten polygonal bawn. The castle vanished from later maps, but the green walls still touch its stones, keeping the O'Donnell name alive beneath the leaves.

This ruined tower-house (DG094-007-) of the O'Donnells is situated near the edge of the wood in Lougheask Demesne and is almost totally obscured by ivy and vegetation. On the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map the castle is shown located in the NW quadrant of a large ploygonal shaped enclosure which may be the remains of a possible bawn. This possible bawn is not indicated on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 09 September 2010

The tower-house at Lougheask Demesne was built by the O'Donnell family, a prominent Gaelic Irish dynasty, likely during the late medieval period. It is remembered as a testament to the O'Donnells' historical presence and influence in the region.

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