Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Cloondara, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloondara
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LF013-064----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Described by Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 374) as ‘the ruins of Clonleman castle’ on the island of ‘Clondra’ and situated near the remains of the church (LF013-018----). Gray (1943, 23) noted that a ‘hamlet called Castletown stood on the island [Cloondara] near the Shannon at the Longford end of the Tarmonbarry bridge. The ruins of a castle called Clonleman still remained here about a hundred years ago and is very possibly the same as the Clenlonan which is mentioned in one of the Patent Rolls’. Its precise location has not been identified.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 3 October 2012
References
Gray, P. 1943 The parishes of Clonogher and Clonderath. Journal of the Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Archaeological Society 2, 22-6.
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.