Mara Thank you for the information. Yes I'm going to Ireland in Sept. & my Grandmother is a FRENCH so I want to see all the French Castles and get all the information I can. Thank you Lillian --- Mara French <[email protected]> wrote: > Lillian, I've been to both and had tours of them. > All the stables, coach houses, dairy, and part of > the > tower are still standing in Monivea. The rest of the > tower has been repaired. Probably the most > fascinating > in Monivea is the mausoleum where Robert French is > buried in the crypt. The grounds are not open to the > public, but the people in the gatehouse have all the > keys. Their name is Moyles, and it would take a good > 2-3 hours to show you around. > > Castleffrench is very difficult to find. There are > no > signs posted -- it is a private residence now, but > in > very good shape. It's a rectangular 3-story stone > building and perhaps not as interesting as Monivea. > When I went there, the owner was walking at the > bottom > of the hill and he showed me thru it. At that time, > he > had it up for sale. He was not a French. The last > Frenches > who lived there are probably in their 40's and live > in > another castle about 3 miles away. They have horses > and > they wanted to move to a castle on flat land. > Unfortunately, > the day before Lord Roebuck ffrench and his wife > moved in, > the castle burnt to the ground. The floors and roof > are gone, > but the stone outside stands. Their family lives in > the > servant's quarters right next to the castle. They > are > mentioned in the red Heritage books in the library. > This > particular castle is on the eastern edge of Galway > county > near Ballinisloe. Are you going there? Mara > > on 8/21/04 7:49 AM, Jim Dickinson at > [email protected] wrote: > > > I would appreciate any help anyone could give me > about > > the Castles the FRENCH owned in Galway County. > > Does anyone on this list know if the Castle the > FRENCH > > owned in Monivea is still standing? Also I > understand > > the FRENCH owned a Castle French and I would like > to > > know where it is and if it is still standing. > > > > Thank you > > Lillian > > > >