
What is recorded here
Clooncurreen Castle stood by 1574 as the home of Dermot Omanyn, an O'Nolan lord holding his ground in County Galway while English influence tightened around the Gaelic west. What remains is a rectangular mound ten metres long, seven wide, ringed by earthen banks and scattered masonry on grassland that drops sharply south toward the countryside he once watched. The walls collapsed without leaving doorways or windows behind, yet the shape still marks the boundary between a private stronghold and the open land it commanded.
Clooncurreen Castle is recorded as a castle in County Galway. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Clooncurreen Castle was built by the Blake family in the 17th century and is remembered as a historic family seat in County Galway. It is important as an example of early Irish country house architecture and as part of the local heritage of the Blake lineage.
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