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Cloughoughter Castle
Cloch Locha Uachtair
Cloughoughter Castle sits on an island in Lough Oughter
Cloughoughter Castle is located in Ireland
Cloughoughter Castle
Location within Ireland
General information
LocationLough Oughter, Cavan
CountryIreland
Coordinates54°01′07″N 7°27′17″W / 54.0187°N 7.4548°W / 54.0187; -7.4548
Construction started1200 - 1224
Demolished1653
ClientWilliam Gorm de Lacy
National monument of Ireland
Official nameClough Oughter Castle
Reference no.602[1]

Cloughoughter Castle (Irish: Cloch Locha Uachtair, meaning 'stone castle of Loch Uachtair')[2] is a ruined circular castle on a small island in Lough Oughter, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the town of Killeshandra in County Cavan, Ireland.

  1. ^ "National Monuments of County Cavan in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 1. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Cloch Locha Uachtair / Cloghoughter Castle". Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

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