Castlebaldwin

{{Short description|Village in County Sligo, Ireland}}

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Castlebaldwin or Bellanagarrigeeny ({{Irish place name|Béal Átha na gCarraigíní|mouth of the ford of the small rocks}}){{cite web |url = http://www.logainm.ie/45382.aspx |publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland |title = Béal Átha na gCarraigíní / Bellanagarrigeeny or Castlebaldwin |access-date = 14 November 2010 |archive-date = 2 September 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120902203526/http://www.logainm.ie/45382.aspx |url-status = live }} is a townland and small village in County Sligo, Ireland.

The castle outside the village of Castlebaldwin is a fortified 17th-century house rather than a medieval castle, with gun slits in the walls and a machicolation over the door. The walls of the castle are made from stones taken from a nunnery that was near the village. Castlebaldwin is situated near the Carrowkeel Passage Tombs.

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Further reading

  • {{Cite magazine|last=Walsh|first=Clare|date=2011|title=Castlebaldwin Village

|magazine=The Corran Herald|publisher=Ballymote Heritage Group|issue=44

|url=http://ballymoteheritage.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/44-2011.pdf|p=46}}

{{County Sligo}}

Category:Towns and villages in County Sligo

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