Carrickkildavnet Castle

[1][2] Carrickkildavnet Castle is located in the southeast corner of Achill Island, across from the Corraun Peninsula.[3] Carrickkildavnet Castle was built c. 1429 by the Ó Máille (O'Malley), Kings of Umaill.It was later the stronghold of Gráinne Ní Mháille (Grace O'Malley, c. 1530 – c. 1603), the famous "pirate queen."Her other strongholds were at Rockfleet Castle (on Clew Bay) and Clare Island.[citation needed] It is a tower house of four storeys' height.
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