Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Cloonmore, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonmore
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KE029-190----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of a possible castle in the townland of Cloonmore recorded in folklore collected from 'The Spa' School in Tralee has not been identified. Folklore collected in 1938 from 'The Spa' recorded that 'In 1587, Queen Elizabeth gave the following lands to Sir Francis Walshingham, and Edward Denny. The Castle and lands called Clounnmore [Cloonmore], late John McAndrew's with a garden' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 317; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706322/4702429/4724593).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 June 2022