Aughnanure Castle

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Aughnanure Castle is a well-preserved 16th-century tower house near Oughterard in County Galway, Ireland, historically associated with the O'Flaherty clan.

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Aughnanure Castle canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Monument of Ireland ⓘ
castle ⓘ
tower house ⓘ
architecturalStyle late medieval Irish tower house ⓘ
builtFor O'Flaherty clan ⓘ
capturedBy English forces ⓘ
category Castles in County Galway ⓘ
National Monuments in County Galway ⓘ
Tower houses in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
constructionStart 16th century ⓘ
coordinateLocation 53.420°N 9.345°W ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 10 metres ⓘ
governingBody Office of Public Works ⓘ
hasPart banqueting hall ⓘ
bartizans ⓘ
bawn wall ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
dry moat ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
machicolations ⓘ
murder hole ⓘ
outer defensive walls ⓘ
six-storey tower ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre true ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Monument in State Care ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh ⓘ
O'Flaherty clan ⓘ
IrishName Caisleán Achadh na nIúr ⓘ
languageOfName Irish ⓘ
laterOwnedBy Earl of Clanricarde ⓘ
locatedIn County Galway ⓘ
locatedInRegion Connacht ⓘ
locatedNear Lough Corrib ⓘ
Oughterard ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse Drimneen River ⓘ
managedBy Office of Public Works ⓘ
materialUsed limestone ⓘ
nearbySettlement Oughterard ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
regionType Gaeltacht-adjacent area ⓘ
restoredInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
significantEvent siege during the Nine Years' War ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
usedFor administrative centre ⓘ
defence ⓘ
residence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Galway → hasHeritageSite → Aughnanure Castle ⓘ
Oughterard → hasNearbyAttraction → Aughnanure Castle ⓘ