Antiquities
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Description of antiquities in Aglish Parish from Irish Tourist Association survey, 1945
In the antiquities section for Aglish Parish there is a detailed description of Kanturk Castle, Ballyheane with notes on it’s association with Granuaile and the Staunton and McEvilly families. A sketch accompanies the description.
The ruins of Blackfort Castle beside Lough Lannagh in Castlebar are also described and again, a sketch is provided. This was said to be the residence of the Burke family, Viscounts Mayo.
There are notes on ruins of a church in Ballyheane graveyard, slight ruins of a church in Ballynew and ruins of a Protestant church in Ballyheane.
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Curiosities, customs, patterns