Carrigaholt Towerhouse

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Carrigaholt is a small fishing village in County Clare, Ireland. The Carrigaholt Towerhouse is a tall and slender five storey tower standing in one corner of a bawn. The Towerhouse was originally built by the McMahons, Lords of Corcabascin, towards the end of the 15th Century. The tower has musket holes, or "murder holes". It also has a vault on the fourth floor. The Carrigaholt Castle was built in about 1480 by the McMahons, chiefs of the Corcabascin Peninsula. It is situated at the end of a fishing pier overlooking the Shannon Estuary and the harbor. This is a tall, well-preserved five storey tower house and has a very colorful history. The castle was occupied by Teige Caech "the short sighted" MacMahon in September 1588 when seven ships of the Spanish Armada anchored at Carrigaholt. Although aid was refused by the MacMahons, the castle was nonetheless unsuccessfully besieged shortly afterwards by Sir Conyers Clifford, Governor of Connaught. The following year the Castle was captured by the renegade fourth Earl of Thomond after a four-day siege. The Carrigaholt Towerhouse is currently under the care of the Office of Public Works and what remains of it is only a shell of its former grandeur. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrigaholt

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