House: Castle Island
Estate(s): |
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Property/House name: | Castle Island |
Description: | Also known locally as the Rock of Lough Key, at the time of Griffith's Valuation Viscount Lorton's estate owned a house on Castle Island valued at £14. The original building on the island was a medieval stronghold of the McDermott family to which additions were made in the early 19th century. Renovation work was taking place on these buildings in 2007. |
Townland: |
Castle Island |
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Civil Parish: |
Ardcarn
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Poor Law Union: |
Boyle
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DED: |
Rockingham 36
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Barony: |
Boyle
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County: | Roscommon |
OS Sheet Number: | 6 |
OSI Grid Reference: |
G847048 |
Latitude / Longitude: |
53.99218 -8.23330
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Castle Island ( from Viewing tower, Lough Key Forest Park)