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On E shore of L. Mask. Castle (int. dims. '32 feet 4 inches by 25 feet'), with doorway on N wall of first floor. Three arches inside E wall supported a walk and parapet. Trace of low vault or arch on N wall, but no indication of vaulting. N and S walls were gables. Inhabited into the nineteenth century. Later converted into Cushlough House. (Knox 1903, 97-8). MacTibbot Bourke castle (Knox 1908, 284).
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 691.
Date of upload: 5 November 2013
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