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Moycullen (Irish: Maigh Cuilinn) is a village situated in the Gaeltacht [2] region of County Galway, Ireland, about 10 km (7 mi) northwest of Galway city. It is near Lough Corrib, on the N59 road to Oughterard and Clifden, in Connemara. Moycullen is now a satellite town of Galway with some residents commuting to the city for work, school, and ...
Moycullen (Irish: Maigh Cuilinn [1]) is a Gaeltacht civil parish in the ancient barony of the same name. [ 1 1 ] It is located in the western shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway , Ireland and is around 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of the city of Galway on the road to Oughterard .
Almost two hundred years later in 1837, Duke George Montagu built the current castle to serve as the residence of the Montagu family in Ireland. In the 1950s, the castle and estate were sold by Alexander Montagu to a business man from Tandragee by the name of Mr. Hutchison, and so the castle came to house the Tayto potato crisp factory and the ...
The castle comprises a three-storey tower house with a garret. Much of the surviving stonework can be dated to the early 15th century; some alterations and additions can be attributed to the end of the following century. Although missing its roof, the castle's walls are virtually intact up to the height of the gables and parapet.
Cullen Castle was a royal castle about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of Cullen, Moray, Scotland, west of the burn of Deskford, and south of Seatown. The remains have been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument , accessible to the public. [ 1 ]
1875 Map of Howth Head showing the layout of Howth Park Racecourse with Corr Castle pinpointed inside the course boundaries. The area around the castle was used as a quarry for much of the late 19th and early 20th century with the tower and out buildings along with a windmill water-pump some of the few structures left standing in the immediate ...
3 Map link to lists of monastic houses in Ireland by county. 4 Notes. 5 References. ... who built a castle on site 1610;
"By 1792" indicates baronies listed in 1792 in Memoir of a map of Ireland by Daniel Beaufort. "Divided by 1821" indicates where a single barony in Hiberniae Delineatio corresponds to two (half-)baronies in the 1821 census data. These divisions had been effected by varying statutory means in the intervening decades.