I had taken a photo of this castle several years ago, it was on May 18th, 2006, from the road and without investigating it further.
It's a five-storey tower house on a rocky outcrop, built by Conchobhar na Srona Ó Briain, who died in 1470.
As far as I could see, I found no doorway, but since I could only see three sides of the tower house, I guess the entrance is in the northeast (65°) wall, where the vegetation is thicker. There's a staircase in the southeast (110°) corner.
Apparently the castle has been lived in until a few decades ago.
The castle appears in the first minutes of the movie "Guns in the Heather" (1969), by Robert Butler, as a background monument during a car chase scene.
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