Rockfleet Castle, or Carrickahowley Castle (
Irish: ''Carraig an Chabhlaigh''), is a
tower house near
Newport in
County Mayo
County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...
, Ireland. It was built in the mid-fifteenth century, and is most famously associated with
Grace O'Malley, the 'pirate queen' and chieftain of the Clan O’Malley. The castle has been speculated as her place of death. It is also known as Carraigahowley, which means "rock of the fleet".
Rockfleet Castle has four floors and is over eighteen metres in height looking out towards the drumlins of Clew Bay. Though entry to the castle was once available to the public, it is now strictly prohibited for safety reasons. The castle was installed with a metal walkway in 2015, from its adjacent grassland surrounding to its door due to the sheer inconvenience of accessing its entrance during high tides. In 2017, the exterior masonry was
pointed.
References
External links
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Photographs of Rockfleet Castle (By Frank Cawley), accessed: 5 January 2009
Castles in County Mayo
National monuments in County Mayo
Tower houses in the Republic of Ireland
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