What is recorded here
Castle Cloghane, County Galway. Owen Omadin held it in 1574. The stones are gone, the name is all that is left. What is left makes the castle real.
Nolan (1901, 111) records that the castle of 'Cloghane', in the barony of Leitrim, was in the possession of 'Owen Omadin' in 1574. Not located.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 5 December 2017
Owen Omadin held the castle of Cloghane in the barony of Leitrim in 1574. Its importance lies in its mention in early modern Irish records, reflecting Gaelic landholding patterns during the Tudor period.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument