TULLY CASTLE, LOUGH ERNE
From Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)
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TULLY CASTLE.—This ancient edifice is situated on the southern shore of Lough Erne, in the midst of beautiful surroundings. It stands on a promontory that juts into the lake, and dates from the Elizabethan period. It was the fortified mansion of a Scotch family named Hume, and is of the usual class erected by the first Scotch settlers, who disinherited the native owners of the soil—a keep or castle turreted at the angles, and surrounded by an outer wall. Originally, it was 50 feet long, and 21 feet broad, the wall being 100 feet square, 14 feet high, with four flankers for defense. In 1641 it was captured and wrecked by Rory, brother of Lord Maguire, and 60 of its inmates killed. It was never afterward rebuilt. The ruins of another castle—Monea—of the same period are a few miles to the southeast.
Tully Castle
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