Castleblakeney, Ireland

Photographs and description by Max Blakeney

 

Village of Castleblakeney, Ireland The little building at the left with the 7-Up sign is "The Blakeney Inn"

Castleblakeney National School 1922

Church at Castleblakeney, Ireland. Several Blakeneys are buried here, but their tombs are not marked.

Castleblakeney was on the top of this hill. Michael Grady, who lives on the property, says one day he will excavate the hill. The O'Kelly's lived at the castle prior to the Blakeneys.

This is photograph of a copy of the Blakeney house that burned

This plaque if posted beside the hill where the house stood that gives a history of the castle.

 

Michael and Frances Grady who now live on the property of the former Blakeney home

The hill where Castleblakeney was located

The hill from a different angle

The hill from a different angle

 

 

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