Object description

Rockfleet Castle, or Carrickahowley Castle , is a tower house near Newport in County Mayo, Ireland. It was built in the mid-sixteenth century, and is most famously associated with Gráinne Ní Mháille , 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”.