
What is recorded here
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen.
Date of upload: 18 December 2014
Rossmanagher Castle was built in the late 16th or early 17th century by a member of the Ó Briain (O'Brien) family, the Gaelic lords of Clare. It is remembered as an example of a defensive tower house in a region shaped by both Gaelic and Anglo-Norman influences.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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