Jump to content

Fiddaun Castle

Coordinates: 53°0′38″N 8°52′43″W / 53.01056°N 8.87861°W / 53.01056; -8.87861
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fiddaun Castle
Fiodh Duin
Fiddaun Castle
Fiddaun Castle is located in Ireland
Fiddaun Castle
General information
Statusin ruins
Typetower house
Locationnear Tubber, County Galway
CountryIreland
Estimated completionmid-16th century
Official nameFiddaun Castle
Reference no.206[1]


Fiddaun Castle is a tower house in Tubber, County Galway, close to the border of County Clare in Ireland. It is a National Monument of Ireland.

Name

[edit]

Fiodh Duin means "wood of the fort" in Irish.[2]: 15 

Geography

[edit]

Fiddaun Castle is situated between Lough Doo and Lough Aslaun near the modern village of Tubber.

History

[edit]

Fiddaun is a mid-16th century Irish tower house in the Kiltartan barony of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, one of four O'Shaughnessy castles.

Fiddaun was most likely built by Sir Roger Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh, as he is the first mentioned living there and it is not known before his time.[3]

Today

[edit]

This tower house is most noted for its well preserved inner bawn wall. It is located on private land and maintained by the Office of Public Works.[citation needed]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "National Monuments of County Galway in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ Roche, D. The Clare Guide - Official Irish Tourist Board Guide. Bord Failte.
  3. ^ Fahey, Jerome (1893). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh. Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son. p. 253. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

53°0′38″N 8°52′43″W / 53.01056°N 8.87861°W / 53.01056; -8.87861