O'Dea Castle - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
O'Dea Castle - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
O'Dea Castle, also known as Dysert O'Dea Castle, is an Irish fortified tower house, loosely described as a castleUa Croinin and Breen comment in The Other Clare, 1985: "The castle itself is more correctly designated a tower-house as it falls easily in the category of such fortified houses built in great numbers throughout the southern part of Ireland between 1400 and 1600." (Detailed reference below.) at Dysert O'Dea (), the former O'Dea clan stronghold, from Corofin, County Clare.Caisleán Uí Dheá Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 November 2011. It was built between 1470 and 1490 by Diarmaid O'Dea, Lord of Cineal Fearmaic, and stands some high on a limestone outcrop base measuring .Dysart O'Dea Castle, Co. Clare by Risteard Ua Croinin and Martin Breen, The Other Clare, Volume 9, page 17. Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society, April 1985. The tower is adjacent to Dysert O'Dea Monastery, close to the R476 road. Read more on Wikipedia
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