Monea Castle, unnamed road Monea
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Monea Castle, unnamed road Monea
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 13 Sep 2006
Castle in State Care and Scheduled. The Castle was built in 1618 for Malcolm Hamilton and generally regarded as the finest Plantation castle. Hamilton went on to become the Archbishop of Cashel in 1623. The bawn (defensive wall) was built in 1622 when it was noted that the roof of the castle was thatched. It was taken by the Irish during the rebellion in 1641, but retaken by the Planters and in 1688 was the residence of Gustav Hamilton the Governor of Enniskillen. His widow and children had to sell the estate in 1704. It appears to have been gutted by fire in the next few decades and was abandoned. In September 2016 the BBC reported the castle had been closed to the public after a woman was left in critical condition and her dog died following a cattle attack on Devenish Island on Lower Lough Erne. (It appears to be open now).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.392515
Longitude
-7.747358