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Garbally Castle is a ruin which has its interiors exposed. The castle is constructed as a three-storey tower around square floorplan. The most damaged side is on the southwest and here the thick side walls can be seen, with their mural passages, and there is a vaulted ceiling on the first floor.
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Garbally in the parish of Skehana and sits at the junction of the R338 and the access road to St Kerrils Abbey. The Garbally townland is small, covering just over 74 acres (30 ha) and is only ever know to have been occupied by two households. The name is
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