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Derryhiveny Castle

Derryhiveny Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.

Location
Derryhiveny Castle is located northeast of Portumna, on the west bank of the Shannon. ==History==
History
The O'Madden family held the lands around Derryhivenny from c. AD 950 until the middle of the seventeenth century. On 5 February 1639, the head of the family, John O'Madden died, leaving his lands to his son, Daniel O'Madden. Daniel then set about building himself a tower house, around 1643. Its date is known from an inscription on one of its bartizan corbels: D:O'M ME:FIERI:FECIT 1643. ==Description==
Description
Derryhiveny Castle is a tower house of four storeys. There are vaults on all four storeys. The upper rooms have two- and three-mullioned windows with fireplaces, including one with a chamfered lintel, curved downwards at each end and covered by a chamfered cornice. There are also remains of a bawn, wall walk and crenellations. ==References==
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