Castle Carra

Castle Carra
Native name Caisleán Cheara (Irish)
Type	hall house
Location	Castlecarra, Carnacon, County Mayo, Ireland
Coordinates	53.721389°N 9.255278°W / 53.721389; -9.255278
Built	13th century
Owner	State
National monument of Ireland
Official name	Castlecarra
Reference no.	222B
Location of Castle Carra in Ireland

Castle Carra is a hall house and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.^[1][2]

Location

Castle Carra is located 2.5 km (1.6 mi) west of Carnacon, on the east bank of Lough Carra. It lies on the edge of Black Hole, the deepest part of the lake.^[3][4]

History

Castle Carra was built by Adam de Staunton (Staundun), an Anglo-Norman subject of the de Burgo, in the 13th century.^[5] The plinth, bawn, outbuilding and gateways were added by the MacEvilly (Mac an Mhilidh).^{[citation needed]}

The castle was surrendered to the Crown in the 1570s and granted to Captain William Bowen, who strengthened the bawn with a circular flanker with gunloops facing inland.^{[citation needed]}

Sir Roebuck Lynch's lands were seized by the Cromwellians and he was compensated by lands at Castle Carra during the early seventeenth century.^[6] It passed to Sir Henry Lynch, 3rd Baronet in the 1660s, and his descendants held it until the 19th century.^[7]

Building

Castle Carra is a rectangular hall house.

References

1. "Flickriver: Most interesting photos from Castlecarra, Mayo, Ireland".
2. Burke, John (1 January 1832). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. H. Colburn and R. Bentley. p. 123 – via Internet Archive. castle carra.
3. Chambers, Anne (2 May 2006). Granuaile: Grace O'Malley: Grace O'Malley - Ireland's Pirate Queen. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9780717151745 – via Google Books.
4. "Castlecarra | National Monuments Service". www.archaeology.ie. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
6. "History of Partry House, Partry, County Mayo, Ireland".
7. "Castlebar - County Mayo - Castlecarra Lough Carra April 2006".