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Built around 1450, this impressive four-storey medieval tower house is best known for one extraordinary architectural feature: it contains the last surviving original wooden roof on any Irish castle, a remarkable structure estimated to be over 500 years old.
The castle remained in the hands of the same family for many generations, its rooms and chambers continuously occupied until the late 1870s, when it was finally abandoned. Time, weather, and neglect took their toll, yet much of the structure—and its rare roof—survived.
Attached to the tower house is a chapel dating from 1573, constructed during a period of religious and political upheaval. Over the years, numerous visitors have reported strange sensations and unexplained occurrences within its walls. The chapel is widely believed to be haunted, with accounts of sudden cold spots, whispers, and fleeting shadows that vanish as quickly as they appear.
Though the castle now stands silent, its long history and atmospheric chapel continue to draw those intrigued by Ireland’s medieval past—and its lingering mysteries.
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