Granuaile Trail

GRANUAILE TRAIL No. 14 : ROCKFLEET CASTLE

Written by Anne Chambers.

 

ROCKFLEET CASTLE (Carraigahowley) on an inlet of Clew Bay. The castle was owned by Granuaile' s second husband, Richard Bourke, the MacWilliam, Lord of Mayo. On his death in 1583. Granuaile, according to her own testimony, took over the castle where she lived until her death there in 1603.

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