
What is recorded here
Deel Castle stands ruined beside the River Deel, a sixteen-century Bourke tower later renamed Castle Gore after James II's defeat. The Gore family took the forfeited land, built a grand house beside it in 1791, and held it until fire consumed the newer structure in 1922. The old tower survived that flames but has since collapsed into shadows, leaving only stones to remember the river's name and the men who fought over it.
Deel Castle is recorded as a castle in County Mayo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Deel Castle was built in the 15th century by the O'Flaherty clan, a powerful Gaelic Irish family in County Mayo. It is remembered as a symbol of their regional influence and as an example of late medieval Irish defensive architecture.
Places near here
Castle Gorecountry house · 11 yd
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IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.2 mi
Castle Kelly (in Ruins)Castle, motte · 1.4 mi
Roe IslandIslet · 3.2 mi
Castle IslandIslet · 3.3 mi
Belleek WoodsWood · 4.7 mi
FloretteWreck · 4.9 miOther information
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