MacClancy's Castle, Rossclogher, Co. Leitrim

To celebrate heritage week 2022, Leitrim County Council Heritage Office and Edwina Guckian of Dreoilín Productions have created a short documentary on MacClancy’s castle at Rossclogher. Situated 1 mile from Kinlough town the castle was built on a crannóg on Lough Melvin less than 30 yards from the shore. Once the stronghold of the MacClancys of Dartry the site also features the ruins of a church and a ringfort under the shadows of Aroo mountain. The documentary tells the story of the MacClancy’s reign and fall to the crown forces in the late 1500s with contributions from historian Francis Kelly, archaeologist Kieran O’ Connor, harpist Emma Benson and storyteller Aindrias De Staic.
The documentary premiered on Wednesday 17th August 2022