Coolfin Castle

Coolfin Castle

Coolfin Castle – a Historic Landmark in the Townland of Coolfin, Abbey.  Photo courtesy: Hugh Donohue

Editor’s Note

Abbey Heritage is grateful to Hugh Donohue for the above photo with the following caption:

The Anglo/Norman Coolfin Castle was seized from Ulick, the third Earl of Clanrickard in 1608. The Griffiths Map records the spot height of 175 feet and an historic Lime Kiln. The castle being in a sorry state of ruination and rarely documented, is fertile ground for research and support, before it is lost forever.

Hugh has been researching his Family Tree – see links below to his previous correspondence: Researching our Family Tree  and also Request for further information

In 2017, Heritage Consultant, Zena Hoctor, with funding from the Heritage Council, carried out an audit of Abbey’s Heritage and the following link from that audit may be of interest:

https://abbey.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/topics/abbey-heritage-audit/coolfin-castle-2