Ballyroughan

Places of Interest

Knappogue Castle

Historic building

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Knappogue Castle is a tower house, built in 1467 and expanded in the mid-19th century, located in the parish of Quin, County Clare, Ireland. It has been restored and is open to guided tours.

Ballymarkahan Castle

Castle

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Ballymarkahan Castle is a ruined tower house in the parish of Quin, in County Clare, Ireland. It was listed by Irish antiquarian T. J. Westropp as one of the 195 "lesser castles", or peel towers, of County Clare in 1899, by which time it was already a ruin.

Craggaunowen Castle

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Craggaunowen is an archaeological open-air museum in eastern County Clare, Ireland. It is named for the 16th-century castle which is one of its main components.

Places in the Area

Quin

Village

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Quin is a village in southeast County Clare, Ireland. The name also refers to a civil parish in the barony of Bunratty Upper, and to an ecclesiastical parish of the same name. Quin is situated 3½ km northwest of Ballyroughan.

Kilkishen

Village

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Kilkishen is a village in southeast County Clare, Ireland. The village is 8 km east of Quin and 14 km north of Shannon. Kilkishen is situated 5 km east of Ballyroughan.

Newmarket on Fergus

Town

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Newmarket-on-Fergus, historically known as Corracatlin, is a town in County Clare, Ireland. It is 13 km from Ennis, 8 km from Shannon Airport, and 24 km from Limerick. Newmarket on Fergus is situated 7 km southwest of Ballyroughan.

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