| Mahee
Castle was built in 1570 by an English adventurer
Captain Thomas Browne, on land leased from the Bishop of Down. It was
his intention to found an English colony, to facilitate this he built
a large quay. Four years later he lost the tower to the O'Neill's of Clandeboye
on who's land the tower stood.
See also The Development of
Irish Castles. Images of Mahee
Castle.
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