What is recorded here

Caher Castle is a five-storey tower house built in the 15th century beside the Dunkellin River, where Myler Henry Burke held it in 1574. The Big Wind of 1839 reportedly hurled a heavy stone from its top to crush an iron gate nearby. After two centuries in ruin, Peter Hayes rebuilt it with local oak and no nails, then opened its rooms to travellers.

Caher Castle is recorded as a castle in County Galway. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

Caher Castle, located in County Galway, was built in the 15th century by the Blake family, a prominent Norman-Irish dynasty in the region. The castle is remembered as an example of late medieval tower house architecture and reflects the defensive and social structures of Gaelic-Irish lordships during the period.