rockfleet or carrigahowley castle

A fine 15th or 16th century tower beautifully situated beside an inlet of Clew Bay. it has four storeys and a corner turret, as well as a fireplace on the top floor. It is said to have been besieged by an expedition sent from Galway in 1574, but the invasion was driven off by Grace O'Malley who lived there after the death of her second husband, Sir Richard Burke, in 1583. She retired to the castle with 'all her own followers and 1,000 head of cows and mares'.