Two Sisters Castles (in ruins) — Report the wrong picture

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Two Sisters Castles stood on a rocky hummock in Tullokyne, holding one tower for Muriertagh Oconor in 1574 while a second vanished without a trace after 1839. The remaining walls still outline a tall rectangular house where chambers and a hidden latrine passage served whoever climbed its lost stairs. The missing castle may have fallen to men, weather or forgetfulness, but the first sister still points upward beside Lough Corrib.

On a small rocky hummock in Tullokyne, a house cluster 1km E of Lough Corrib. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Muriertagh Oconor' (Nolan 1901, 115). Also known as Caisleán na gCailleach, all that now survives is W wall with parts of the adjoining N and S walls, indicating a four to five-storey rectangular building (L 10.75m, Wth >3.55m). The doorway was probably in N wall. No trace of stairs survives but from the features visible in W wall the normal arrangement of a small bedchamber and large living room on each floor seems likely. There was an intramural latrine passage on 1st floor. No trace of the second castle, said to have been blown down in 1839, survives. (Killanin 1947, 123; Hardiman 1846, 55) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Built or held in 1574 by Muriertagh O'Connor, the Two Sisters Castles are remembered as a historical site associated with the Gaelic Irish aristocracy in the region. The name Caisleán na gCailleach reflects their cultural and linguistic heritage.

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