
What is recorded here
Thoor Ballylee Castle was built in the early 13th century by the de Burgo family, Norman lords of Connacht, and later held by the O'Flaherty clan. It is remembered as the childhood home of the poet W.B. Yeats and as a site of cultural and historical significance in Irish literary heritage.
Places near here
bridgebridge · 23 yd
Man-made underground passage in Ballylee (kiltartan By.)Man-made underground passage · 398 yd
Enclosure in NewhallEnclosure · 1336 yd
European ashEuropean ash · 1.4 mi
HawthornHawthorn · 1.4 mi
Holly IslandIslet · 4.5 mi
Castle IslandIsland · 4.5 mi
Kilmacduagh Monastic SiteVisitor information · 6.0 miOther information
Photo: Dr Charles Nelson · CC BY-SA 2.0