Castlebaldwin_Castle

Castlebaldwin

Castlebaldwin

Village in County Sligo, Ireland

Castlebaldwin or Bellanagarrigeeny (Irish: Béal Átha na gCarraigíní, meaning 'mouth of the ford of the small rocks')[1] is a townland and small village in County Sligo, Ireland.

Quick Facts Béal Átha na gCarraigíní, Country ...

The castle outside the village of Castlebaldwin is a fortified 17th-century house rather than a medieval castle, with gun slits in the walls and a machicolation over the door. The walls of the castle are made from stones taken from a nunnery that was near the village. Castlebaldwin is situated near the Carrowkeel Passage Tombs.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Béal Átha na gCarraigíní / Bellanagarrigeeny or Castlebaldwin". Placenames Database of Ireland. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2010.

Further reading

Stub icon

This article related to the geography of County Sligo, Ireland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Castlebaldwin_Castle, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.