<pPage entryID="4698640" url="https://www.duchas.ie/xml/cbes/4701748/4698640"><volume default="4698305" volumeNumber="0183" volumeStatus="30" /><pageNumber default="365" /><listingOrder default="365" /><chapter default="4701748" url="https://www.duchas.ie/xml/cbes/4701748" /><image size="thumb" url="https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0183/CBES_0183_365.jpg?width=300" /><image size="small" url="https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0183/CBES_0183_365.jpg?width=800" /><image size="big" url="https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0183/CBES_0183_365.jpg?width=1600" /><story default="4724752" url="https://www.duchas.ie/xml/cbes/4701748/4698640/4724752" startsOnThisPage="true" endsOnThisPage="false"><transcript latestRevisionDate="29/09/2020 11:05:23" xml:whitespace="preserve">Local Ruins.
The ruins of the Castle of Moygara are situated three miles south of this district. It was built by the Fitzgeralds and owned by The O&amp;apos;Garas. Fargal O&amp;apos;Gara Lord of Moygara and patron
II of Franciscans who wrote the Annals of Donegal lived therein. This castle was destroyed by an O&amp;apos;Gallagher of Donegal. Fargal O&amp;apos;Gara was killed by one O&amp;apos;Callaghan some say in his garden near the castle. Others hold that he was waylaid at Battlefield three miles north of the castle. O&amp;apos;Gara was on horseback on his way from Ballymote. Local tradition holds that O&amp;apos;Gara notwithstanding his great learning was a great tyrant in dealing with poor tenants in this area.
The castle stands on about 1/2 a mile from the western shore of Lough Gara anciently called Lough Teachet.
II. The ruins of the ancient church at Kilshalvey are situated one and a half miles due north from the present village of Gurteen Co Sligo. This church was destroyed about the year 1712. A certain Bryan McDonagh of Behy (Ballymote)</transcript><transcribers latestRevisionDate="29/09/2020 11:05:23" xml:whitespace="preserve"><transcriber id="6133">Sarah Goldberg</transcriber></transcribers></story></pPage>