Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Newcastle (aughrim Par.),newcastle (killallaghtan Par.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle (aughrim Par.),newcastle (killallaghtan Par.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA086-202----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In existence in 1574 when 'Short castle' was in the possession of 'Wm OKelly' (Nolan 1901b, 120). The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 648) briefly refer to it 'there were three others in this parish, viz, one at Newcastle'. Its exact location is unknown and no visible surface traces were noted in the td.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010