What is recorded here

Moyode Castle is a four-storey limestone tower in County Galway that has watched the countryside since at least 1574. Walter Dolphin held it then, and its narrow loops, murder hole and spiral stair show that it was built to keep unwanted people out. The upper chambers later gained fireplaces and decorated windows, suggesting that fear and comfort shared the same walls. It still stands in Moyode Demesne, no longer a fortress but a house shaped by centuries of vigilance.

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

Moyode Castle was built in the 15th century by the O'Flaherty clan, a prominent Gaelic Irish family in County Galway. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the western part of the county, reflecting the clan's influence and resistance to English expansion during the late medieval period.