House: Clifden Castle
Estate(s): |
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Property/House name: | Clifden Castle |
Description: | Built circa 1818 by John D'Arcy and home to his family until 1850 when it was sold to Thomas Eyre. Left by him to his nephew John Joseph Eyre and sold by his representatives to a local butcher in 1917. It is now a ruin. A lithograph of the house is part of the sales rental 1850. |
Townland: |
Clifden Demesne |
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Civil Parish: |
Omey
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Poor Law Union: |
Clifden
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DED: |
Clifden 22
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Barony: |
Ballynahinch
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County: | Galway |
OS Sheet Number: | 35 |
OSI Grid Reference: |
L635 509 |
Latitude / Longitude: |
53.49039 -10.05686
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Clifden Castle (courtesy of Scott Holmes)
Clifden Castle, Entrance Gates
Clifden Castle WYN103 (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland)