Landed Estates
University of Galway

Clifden Castle

Estate(s)
Townland Clifden Demesne
Civil Parish Omey
PLU Clifden
DED Clifden 22
County Galway
Barony Ballynahinch
Description Built circa 1818 by John D'Arcy and home to his family until 1850 when it was sold to Thomas Eyre. Left by him to his nephew John Joseph Eyre and sold by his representatives to a local butcher in 1917. It is now a ruin. A lithograph of the house is part of the sales rental 1850.
Clifden Castle, Entrance Gates
Clifden Castle WYN103 (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland)
Clifden Castle (courtesy of Scott Holmes)

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