What is recorded here

Mystery castle Headford Castle, Co. Galway, Ireland. Walter de Ridelesford built it in the late 1230s, but records first named Achmakin in 1245. A crude slit window and round-headed door still poke through the 18th-century brick, hinting that the small tower was once a corner of a larger lost wall.

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

Built by the de Burgo family in the 13th century, Headford Castle was an important stronghold in medieval County Galway. It is remembered for its strategic role in the Norman colonization of Connacht and its later use by the powerful Blake family.