Haunting Halloween in a Creepy Castle today! galwaybayfm.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from galwaybayfm.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gemma Grant continues her series on Irish Castles
Described as ‘a historical gem’ in the heart of Connemara, 16th century Aughnanure Castle is one of over 200 tower houses in County Galway, constructed mainly by the wealthy Gaelic and Anglo-Normans. The name itself, from the Irish, Achadh na n-Iubhar means the field of yew trees.
The six-storey Aughnanure tower house on the shores of Lough Corrib, was hearth and home to the ferocious O’Flaherty clan who ruled west Connacht for some 300 years. Their dwelling is considered to be a particularly well preserved example of an Irish tower house and “the finest fortified dwelling upon any part of the shores of Lough Corrib.”