Cloonacauneen Castle, Co Galway  

Mark Bence-Jones. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London. 

p. 88. “An old tower-house with a two storey three bay castellated wing attached.” 

Not in national inventory 

https://visitgalway.ie/cloonacauneen-castle/

Cloonacauneen Castle is a four storey 16th century tower house now converted into a small hotel. The castle was held by Richard De Burgo (Burke) in 1574 before changing hands to the Blake family, with Martin Blake coming into possession until 1835 where he sold it to a Mr. Fair from Ballinasloe.  

In 1914 the castle came into the possession of Mr. James Malley, but as a dilapidated ruin. Nonetheless, under the ownership of the Lenihan family in 1963, the castle underwent restoration work. The castle hotel still consists of several of it’s features such as fireplaces and latrines on all levels above the first storey, a murder hole and much more. 

https://curiousireland.ie/cloonacaueen-castle/

Cloonacauneen Castle is a stunning 15th century tower house situated on outskirts of Galway City. Unusually, the majority of Cloonacaueen’s owners have been recorded since 1574, when Richard Beag Burke lived here. The castle next came into the possession of the Blake family until 1835 after which Martin Blake sold it to a Mr. Fair of Ballinasloe. In 1914 the complex came into the possession of a Mr. James Malley after it had become a dilapidated ruin. The Lenihan family from Eyre Square in Galway took over the castle in 1963 and set about restoring the building to its former glory. The castle and the house were re-roofed and the battlements were raised to their original height. Subsequent owners were the Hanleys, the Monaghans and now the Heffernans who have a resident ‘Lord of the Manor’ again!