Parke's Castle
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Parke's Castle is a 17th century semi-fortified manor house. It is situated on the north-eastern shore of Lough Gill, in the north of County Leitrim, in the northwest of Ireland. The castle is built on the site of an earlier 16th Century O'Rourke Gaelic tower house. The castle and bawn had come into the possession of Captain Robert Parke by 1628, possibly earlier. He had been granted some of the former O'Rourke lands as part of the Plantations. By 1635, Parke had completed his fortified manor house on the site of the older Gaelic castle.
The outer bawn wall of Parke's Castle, originally built by Brian O'Rourke in the 15th century
The milestone on the road by Parke's Castle, indicating 7 miles to Sligo and 5 miles to Dromahair.
Sunset over Lough Gill with Parke’s Castle in Foreground
The Family Room in Parke's Castle, showing models of Robert Parke, his wife Ann, and his two younger children, Robert and Maggie, who were drowned in Lough Gill in 1677.
Lough Gill
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Lough Gill is a freshwater lough (lake) mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Ireland. Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".
Lake and Innisfree
Beezie's Island, Lough Gill
Tour boat, Lough Gill
Innisfree