Dunamon
Estate(s) | |
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Townland | Dunamon |
Civil Parish | Dunamon |
PLU | Roscommon |
DED | Rosmoylan 79 |
County | Galway |
Barony | Ballymoe |
Description | A tower house with 18th and 19th century additions, In 1786 Wilson refers to Dunamon, the seat of Mr. Caulfeild, as "a fine old castle". Occupied by John Shiel, leasing from the Caulfeild estate at the time of Griffith's Valution, when it was valued at £35. In 1894 Slater refers to it as a residence of St.Geroge Francis Caulfeild. Bought by the Divine Word Missionaries from the Land Commission in 1939 and now in use as a care centre. |
