The ΓÇÿferocious OΓÇÖFlahertiesΓÇÖ, masters of the whole territory of west Connaught, built this fine castle in the early sixteenth century, possibly on the site of the thirteenth-century Norman fortification. It occupies a position of same strength close to Lough Corrib on what is virtually a rocky island formed by the Drimneen River, separating into two branches and reuniting at the other side ΓÇö a circumstance that gave rise to the old phrase ΓÇ£Aughnanure, where the salmon come under the castleΓÇ¥.
