Caherkine Lough

Caherkine Lough is a lake in County Clare, Munster. Caherkine Lough is situated nearby to the locality Caherscooba, as well as near the village Quin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knappogue Castle and Ballymarkahan Castle.

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 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.

Mooghaun

Archaeological site

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Mooghaun is a late Bronze Age hill fort located in County Clare, Ireland. It is a well preserved, recently excavated site, occupying an entire hill with wide views of the surrounding lands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quin and Newmarket on Fergus.

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.

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.