Moyode Castle, Co Galway – ruin 

by jenjunebug

Moyode Castle, Co Galway – ‘lost’ 

Moyode Castle, County Galway, collection: Bertie Donohue, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

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. 220. “(Persse/IFR) An imposing C19 castle, with a three sided bow….now an ivy-covered ruin.” 

Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

p. 76. “A large early 19C castle built by the Persse family. Now a ruin.”

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