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Kilbarron Castle ruins
KILBARRON CASTLE
From the HeritageCouncil.ie:
"Kilbarron Castle is a medieval castle and the birthplace of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh located near Ballyshannon in the south of County Donegal.
Located on the coast of County Donegal, the site is a late-medieval fortified tower house that has important links to the O’Donnells, who were rulers of Tír Conaill (Donegal). The castle was originally constructed some time around the twelfth century, but after it was demolished at the end of the fourteenth century, it was reconstructed by the O’Clery family, who were ollamh or court poets and historians for the O’Donnells. The family established a renowned bardic school focused on poetry, literature and chronicles, and this became an important place of Gaelic culture and learning. Perhaps the most famous scion of the family was Mícheál Ó Cléirigh who was one of the chief authors of the famous Annals of the Four Masters. Today the ruins of the castle are in a precarious condition and one of the chief aims of the community is to ensure the conservation of the remaining fragments of stonework that still survive."
"Kilbarron Castle is a medieval castle and the birthplace of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh located near Ballyshannon in the south of County Donegal.
Located on the coast of County Donegal, the site is a late-medieval fortified tower house that has important links to the O’Donnells, who were rulers of Tír Conaill (Donegal). The castle was originally constructed some time around the twelfth century, but after it was demolished at the end of the fourteenth century, it was reconstructed by the O’Clery family, who were ollamh or court poets and historians for the O’Donnells. The family established a renowned bardic school focused on poetry, literature and chronicles, and this became an important place of Gaelic culture and learning. Perhaps the most famous scion of the family was Mícheál Ó Cléirigh who was one of the chief authors of the famous Annals of the Four Masters. Today the ruins of the castle are in a precarious condition and one of the chief aims of the community is to ensure the conservation of the remaining fragments of stonework that still survive."
