This castle is located in County Galway.
It was built in the early 13th century.
Moylough Castle is an example of a Hall House, a type of castle mostly associated with Galway, Mayo, Limerick, and North Tipperary. As is typical of a Hall House, this building is three storeys high with its entrance on the first floor. The ground floor was not for occupation. Its purposes were defence and storage. It was from the first floor up that people actually lived.
References
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Moylough Heritage Society | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE |
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Dúchas School Collection | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE |
Type of Building:
Castle
Some communities associated with this building
Some ancestors associated with these communities
Some buildings associated with these communities
Some timeline events associated with this building
1840
Awful extermination of tenantry at Ballinlass
13th Mar 1846
1790
Flax growers list
1796