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Description of antiquities in Addergoole parish from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942

Listed among the antiquities in Addergoole parish are the following:

• Abbey at Bofeenaun: These ruins were traditionally associated with St. Finan and were once a house of the Conventual Franciscans.
• Church at Addergoole: This building, in a state of advanced decay , was associated with St. Kieran and is located near Lahardane.
• Knockfarnaught: The hill of Knockfarnaught is the location for two forts, a cromlech and a stone circle. Opposite the hill is a large fort known as Lios na gCorp.
• Ancient castles: Two castles mentioned of which little or no traces remain: Carrowkeel, built by the Bourkes and Keerhanaun Castle at Castlehill.
• Keep at Knockmaria near Lahardane.
• Supposed site of ancient castle at Terrybawn.

 

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