Castlefergus or Ballyhannan(in Rns) 1922 — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Castlefergus stands in County Clare as a ruined tower house, its stones still marking the ground where human hands built defences and domestic life. The structure belongs to the long tradition of Clare castles, where stone walls excluded rain, invaders and uncertainty. Whatever chamber remains likely held heat, fear and ordinary conversation before decay took the roof.

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attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report).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: 15 December 2014

Built by the O'Donnell family in the 15th or 16th century, Castlefergus is remembered as a significant example of a tower house in the Clare region, reflecting the defensive and social structures of Gaelic Ireland during the late medieval period.

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