Tags: Military Structure.
Monivea Castle is a former O’Kelly tower house located near Monivea in County Galway Ireland. It was acquired by the ffrench family one of the fourteen Tribes of Galway who developed it further enhancing the lands and building the Monivea Castle—all increasing the fortification around the original Norman tower.Monivea Castle in its prime in 1876 occupied 10121 acres of land including the features of the tower house ruins Monivea Castle itself the ffrench Mausoleum and Monivea Woods.