The 40ft-high, 15th-century tower house rising beside the shore at Kildownet is associated with the pirate queen Grace O'Malley. Entering through a steel turnstile is an eerie experience – it reveals a tall hollow shell with slits for windows and a square hole in the roof.
Grace O'Malley's Castle
County Mayo
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