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Cloghans Castle

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Cloghans Castle is a limestone tower house built by the Barret family near Lough Conn in County Mayo. Its thick walls, hidden gun turret and narrow stair chambers show how a home also served as a fortress. Ivy now covers much of the stone, but the keep still stands among gentle pastures, preserving the shape of a household that watched the land for centuries.
Cloghans Castle is recorded as a castle in County Mayo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Cloghans Castle in County Mayo was likely built by the O'Flaherty clan in the 15th or 16th century. It is remembered as a historic stronghold associated with the Gaelic Irish resistance during the Tudor conquest of Ireland.

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