Limavady Castle

Limavady Castle (Léim an Mhadaidh), also known as O'Cahans Castle, is a ruined castle in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It was once a stronghold of the O'Cahans.

In 1542, the MacQuillans, accompanied by James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, the Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a large body of English, besieged and took the castle, slaughtering the whole garrison.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ "Annála Connacht (1542)". Corpus of Electronic Texts. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T100011/text305.html. Retrieved 14 September 2010. 

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