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Extract from the Castlerea Travel Guides:
CASTLEREA
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An Caislan Riabhach
, "The Grey Castle"), south of Frenchpark on the R361, is Roscommon's third most important town after Roscommon and Boyle. It's an unprepossessing place, only worth stopping in to visit
Clonalis House
(June to mid-Sept Tues-Sun 11am-5.00pm; 3.50/?4.44), just outside the town to the west. Clonalis is the ancestral home of the O'Conor clan, which claims to be Europe's oldest family; it is, in fact, one of the few ancient Gaelic families - the O'Conors were traditional Kings of Connacht and last High Kings of Ireland, and can trace their family back to one Feredach th...
read the whole Castlerea Travel Guides...
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