Location: On the R436 between Ferbane and Ballycumber, behind the old schoolhouse in a field on private land.
OS: N 17076 27036
Longitude: -7.7446267
Latitude: 53.293581
Description and History: There isn’t much left of this tower house, beyond the stub of a corner, but it speaks volumes to the lasting importance of Lemanaghan that it attracted the construction of such a building in the later medieval period. Known as MacCoghlan tower it was likely constructed in the later 15th or early 16th century but was largely demolished in 1959 leaving only one small corner. Old photographs do give us some information that it was at least three storeys high with a spiral staircase, and mural passages throughout. A Sheela-na-gig was reported and recorded here in 1870, by Thomas Cooke, but his original drawings have now been lost. It is shame that such an important part of the later history of Lemanaghan has been lost so recently.
Difficulty: It’s on private land, so permission is necessary.
Date of Visit: 1st May, 2026.
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