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Thoor Ballylee

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Thoor Ballylee / Túr Bhaile Uí Laí This 16th-century tower house.
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Thoor Ballylee Castle (Irish Túr Bhaile Uí Laí) is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It is also known as Yeats' Tower because it was once owned and inhabited by the poet William Butler Yeats.

Open during the summer months.

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M 48141 06094

53.103193, -8.774998

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53°06'11.5"N 8°46'30.0"W

UTM

29U 515063 5883773

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Thoor Ballylee, Ballylee
H91 D8F2 Gort
Co. Galway
+353 91 631 436 E-mail: yeatsthoorballyleesociety@gmail.com

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Cycle tour from Kinvara to Loughrea Municipal District via Gort, Kilcolgan, and Ballinderreen

Difficulty difficult

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Ascent 64 m

Descent 43 m

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