Craghwee

Places of Interest

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.

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. Ballymarkahan Castle is situated 2½ km southwest of Craghwee.

Magh Adhair

Archaeological site

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Magh Adhair is a former inauguration site and place of archaeological significance located near the village of Quin, County Clare, in Ireland. Traditionally known as the place in which the kings of Thomond were installed, most notably the O'Briens, the site itself consists of numerous monuments, including a mound, standing stone, fulacht fiadh and a bullaun stone.

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 west of Craghwee.

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 southeast of Craghwee.

Tulla

Village

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Tulla is a market town in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated in the east of the county, on the R462 and near its junction with the R352, 18 km from Ennis. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Tulla is situated 6 km northeast of Craghwee.

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