Rockfleet Castle, Newport

Name: Rockfleet Castle
Address: N59 Road, Newport, F28 X593, Ireland
Telephone: +353 98 27375

#2 among attractions in Newport

Top attraction, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture

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Facts and practical information

Rockfleet Castle, or Carrickahowley Castle, is a tower house near Newport in County Mayo, Ireland. It was built in the mid-fifteenth century, and is most famously associated with Grace O'Malley, the 'pirate queen' and chieftain of the Clan O’Malley. The castle has been speculated as her place of death. It is also known as Carraigahowley, which means “rock of the fleet”. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 53°53'46"N, 9°37'37"W

Address

N59 RoadNewport F28 X593 Ireland

Contact

+353 98 27375

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Rockfleet Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Burrishoole Friary, Seven Arches Bridge, Lough Furnace, Lough Feeagh.

2.2 miE
Monastery
Burrishoole Friary, Newport
57 min walk • Burrishoole Friary was a Dominican friary in County Mayo, Ireland. Its ruin is a National Monument. Burrishoole Friary was founded in 1470 by Richard de Burgo of Turlough, Lord MacWilliam Oughter. It was built without the permission of Pope Paul II.
3.4 miE
Bridge
Seven Arches Bridge, Newport
88 min walk • The Seven Arches Bridge is a historic bridge in Newport, County Mayo, Ireland. Built around 1892, the bridge is a seven span squared red sandstone structure with limestone detailing over the Black Oak River/Newport River.
2.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Furnace
66 min walk • Lough Furnace is a tidally-influenced, meromictic, saline lagoon in County Mayo, Ireland, located south of Lough Feeagh. It receives freshwater inflow from the upstream Lough Feeagh at the base of the Burrishoole Catchment and tidal input of saline water from Clew Bay, through the Burrishoole Estuary.
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Feeagh
96 min walk • Lough Feeagh is a freshwater lake in County Mayo, Ireland. It is the largest of the lakes in the Burrishoole catchment, which consists of seven lakes and interconnecting rivers and streams.
5.1 miS
Island
Inishlyre, Westport
131 min walk • Inishlyre is one of the last inhabited small islands in Clew Bay, Ireland, with a population of about 4 people in 2011.

Rockfleet Castle, Newport

Facts and practical information

Rockfleet Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Burrishoole Friary, Newport

Seven Arches Bridge, Newport

Lough Furnace

Lough Feeagh

Inishlyre, Westport